Military Housing
Station employees in corporate military housing
By Darcy Chadwick
Locating that ideal house for anyone, including housing for military people, can be a daunting task. On average, military families relocate about once every two to three years. Due to their intense schedules, oftentimes the needs of the military are placed above the needs of their families.
Some of the toughest decisions military families wrestle involve housing and moving. That's why finding the perfect house can help ease the frustration so often associated with home buying. To help those families in need of military housing, consider the following:
1. Determine what type of military family housing is best.
2. Use a third-party business to secure military housing.
3. Assist those to secure financing before purchasing military homes.
Narrow down military housing choices
By living on military base housing, those in the service receive all the benefits of owning a home, but there isn't any sort of commute. They would be living on site, whether it's at the army base housing, navy base housing or even marines base housing. Along with this, though, is the problem that most people prefer this option; many times waiting lists are lengthy.
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Lincoln Property Company currently offers housing assistance in nine states. However, one of the more popular locations is San Diego, where they're in charge of finding naval housing at the base. Sponsored by the Department of Defense, the Automated Housing Referral Network can help secure housing for those military families that need to relocate.
Use a third-party company to find military family housing
With input from military families, third-party businesses can offer unique programs and assistance to those interested in purchasing military housing. Oftentimes these businesses can provide extras to the neighborhoods they're selling, such as maintenance-free living, beautiful parks and community centers.
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If you're looking for military family housing to buy or rent all over the country, Off-BaseHousing.com from MilitaryLink LLC can help. It showcases houses not only owned by military families, but houses from those who want to sell or rent to those in the military. Equity Residential profiles apartments, off-post military housing and on-site base housing. Along with featuring these housing options, it offers discounts to military families.
Help those to secure financing to buy military housing
Before anyone can move into a dream military home, money needs to be discussed. Researching a mortgage lender might be the way to go, as military housing can be expensive. Directing those in need to the best-available lender can help them save money, and it can allow you to secure them as an employee.
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One of the most popular options is to use VA-Loan.com, which offers a VA loan made available to wartime veterans, Reserves, National Guard, members of peacetime services and certain other qualifying services. Sponsored by Lending Tree, Military Advantage offers home loans for military families by helping you take advantage of VA home loan benefits.
- Everyone involved in the military receives free (or almost free) housing through the government. It depends upon the rank and marital status. Married service people receive a BAH, which is a Basic Allowance for Housing, to help purchase military housing.
- Once those in the military return from service, they want housing that's substantially better than the type of conditions they were living in while on active duty. Comparisons of army barracks to military housing should result in something substantially different.
