Future Accommodation Model

FAM pilot

The FAM pilot which ran at HMNB Clyde, Aldershot Garrison and RAF Wittering has now come to an end as of 31 March 2023. If you are receiving FAM payments and are either staying at a pilot site or are due to be posted elsewhere, you may continue to receive FAM benefits. You are strongly advised to email your relevant FAM pilot site to discuss your eligibility and the options open to you going forward:

• HMNB Clyde: People-FAMCELL-CLY@mod.gov.uk

• Aldershot Garrison: People-FAMCELL-ALD@mod.gov.uk

• RAF Wittering: People-FAMCELL-WIT@mod.gov.uk

If you are still eligible, then you need to be aware that the rates were updated on 1 April, so please use the FAM calculator to find out how much you are now entitled to.

If you are posted onto a previous FAM pilot site AFTER 31 March 2023 (or any other location), you will come under current accommodation entitlements as per JSP 464 Volumes 1 and 2. For more information on the existing policy please see the Defence accommodation policy page on gov.uk.

What now?

Under the FAM pilot, Defence has tested various options:

• Allocation based on Need vs Rank

• Allowances for home ownership

• Entitlement for those in Long Term Established Relationships (LTR(E))

• Entitlement for those SP who have their child / children for over 80 nights a year

• The option for Service personnel and families to choose the Private Rental Sector rather than Service Family Accommodation and receive an allowance towards the rental costs

Policy is now being reviewed to work out which options will be carried forward to the New Accommodation Offer. However, what we do know, as a result of the Defence Accommodation Strategy, is that the New Accommodation Offer will offer accommodation based on need not rank and those in an LTR(E) will become entitled to subsidised accommodation

When?

More details will be released on what aspects of the accommodation offer will change throughout 2024

More information

The Defence Accommodation Policy team appreciates that you all will have questions on how the changes will affect you, but until they have more information, they will be unable to give any definitive answers. Please click here if you wish to receive the latest updates about the Defence accommodation policy page on gov.uk straight into your mail box.