Government Housing

All military personnel, married or single, reporting to sea or shore commands in the Hampton Roads area are required to report to the Regional Housing Referral Office in Norfolk before negotiating a lease or rental agreement for housing. The Regional Housing Referral Office is authorized to maintain a signed acknowledgment of notification to military members of any housing areas restricted by sanction.

Availability

There are over 4,000 family housing units in the Hampton Roads area. Wait times for military housing vary and are dependent on rank, date of application and bedroom entitlement. Contact the housing office for updated information.

Application

Upon receipt of your PCS orders, you may send a copy of your orders and a copy of your Page 2 with a housing application (form DD 1746) to the Regional Housing Referral Office. This information and application will be put into a holding file until the active-duty member checks into his/her command and comes into the Housing Office to activate their application. Your application will be backdated to the time of your detachment from your last duty station provided you apply within 30 days after you report and no later than that date. If the date you check into the Housing Referral Office is more than 30 days of your report date, you will go on the waitlist on the date you check into the Housing Office.

If the spouse submits the housing application, he/she will also need to bring a specific power of attorney from the service member.

Policy

Two pets are allowed per family. No waterbeds are allowed in government housing though the policies may be different in military leased housing. For example, Midway Manor has some units that are no pets/no smoking units.