Defense Force Management

Housing Allowances for Military Personnel in North Carolina and Virginia Gao ID: NSIAD-92-159 June 22, 1992

Military personnel not living in government quarters are eligible for a monthly subsidy to rent or buy private-sector housing. In 1991 about 48,000 military personnel received housing allowances in North Carolina, and about 80,000 received them in Virginia at a total estimated monthly cost of more than $63 million. In comparing the total housing allowance that military personnel received with fair market rent rates set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for various housing areas, GAO has discovered several inconsistencies. For example, the total housing allowance rate for some military families exceeds the two-bedroom fair market rate for all housing areas in North Carolina and, in Elizabeth City, the allowance exceeds the three-bedroom-unit rate.

GAO found that: (1) in fiscal year 1991, about 48,000 military personnel received housing allowances in North Carolina and about 80,000 received housing allowances in Virginia; (2) the monthly cost of providing military allowances in Virginia and North Carolina was over $63 million; (3) North Carolina military personnel received more than $19 million monthly and Virginia military personnel received approximately $44 million; and (4) there were a number of inconsistencies and disparities with HUD fair market rates for each area.



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