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Housing

Introduction

Are you new to Service Family Accommodation (SFA)/Single Living Accommodation (SLA)? Do you want to know if you are entitled to SFA and if so, what type of property you will be given? Are you, and your family, on the move to a new posting and need to know what types of SFA/SLA are available and how you can arrange your move of home? Are you having problems with your current SFA/SLA and need to know who’s responsible for the repairs? Heard of the HICs or MHS and not sure who they are? Want to make a complaint about the level of service you have received? Then click on one of the topic headings to the left for more information and advice.

Housing Policy for Serving Personnel

If you want to know more about the formal Ministry of Defence Housing Policy for Serving Personnel, please go to Joint Service Publication (JSP) 464 on the Defence Estates Website.

You may also be interested to know that in September 09 Defence Estates Published their Defence Accommodation Managment Strategy for  the next ten years. It is quite a bulky document but contains some interesting sections. The full document is here.

A Guide to Living in Service Family Accommodation

Defence Estates have published many useful booklets on the subject of Service Family Accommodation available to view via their website.  But for ease of reference on a few a selection are located in a guide revised in Dec 09. The link to the guide is here and the booklets contained inthe guide are  listed below:

Booklet A. Introduction and General Information on SFA

Booklet B. Moving in

Booklet C. Advice about repairs, general maintenance, safety,         security and estate management

Booklet D. Moving Out

Booklet E. Making Complaints

Booklet F. Information Specific to where you live in the UK

 

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