Housing: Newcomer & PCS Information

HOUSING RESIDENT HANDBOOK 

ARMY REGULATION 420-1, ARMY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Section 3-16, Paragraph K: Mandatory assignment (foreign areas only). The garrison commander may mandatorily assign adequate housing if necessary to maintain maximum occupancy.

PLANE TO PILLOW POLICY

Family Housing provides a "Plane to Pillow" Program to incoming military families,  allowing for immediate assignment of residence upon arrival in Bavaria. Sponsor or Service Member need to send orders, Housing application, flight itinerary to Housing Office NLT 30 days prior to arrival.”      

• TEMPORARY LODGING ALLOWANCE (TLA): MILITARY

  The TLA policy is for military personnel and the housing approval process is closely monitored. For more detailed information, please see a housing counselor.

• TEMPORARY QUARTERS AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE (TQSA): CIVILIAN

• OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA): MILITARY

• LIVING QUARTER ALLOWANCE (LQA): CIVILIAN

Temporary or loaner furnishings are available for up to 90 days incoming and up to 60 days for outgoing personnel on and off post.

On-post housing has installed appliances. All on-post unaccompanied personnel (UPH) units are furnished with bedroom, living room, and dining room furniture, depending on the Service member's rank and building assignment. All UPH residents are issued a refrigerator.

Bona-fide bachelors residing off-post are authorized basic living, dining, and bedroom furnishings for their entire tour.

Appliances and wardrobes are issued to off-post housing residents for the duration of their tour or tour extensions.

Please note: Many off-post German houses are equipped with 220 voltage and may not accommodate U.S. 110v appliances. Some devices can adapt from 110v to 220v. Please check the compatibility of each appliance. A transformers to convert the voltage from 220v to 110v can be purchased.

U.S. appliances that cannot be used will be stored at the owners expense.

IN-PROCESSING

UNACCOMPANIED PERSONNEL

GOVERNMENT OWNED/LEASED HOUSING

PRIVATE RENTAL

OUT-PROCESSING

TEMPORARY LODGING

DPW Customer Support

• For regular work orders submit a request via ARMA. 
• DPW Emergency Hotline: DSN 526-0115, CIV 09641-70-526-0115 (After hours and holidays.)
• Appliance Office: EMAIL

Self-Help Stores

The expanded Self-Help Program is designed to use available manpower resources more effectively by encouraging troop units and government housing occupants to conserve utilities, to follow good housekeeping practices, and to perform simple maintenance and repair work (within their capabilities) to supplement the maintenance and repair efforts. No electrical work is authorized except as specified below, i.e. replacing light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, fuses and user preventive maintenance of appliances and kitchen equipment.