(1) All military personnel completing an accompanied tour with bona fide family members are eligible for MFH. Bona fide family members are those who have received dependency status and command sponsorship approval and will reside with the sponsor for nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour. Eligibility for MFH does not ensure availability/assignment of MFH.

(2) All military personnel with newly acquired family members and/or non-command sponsored family members who will reside with sponsor for nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour may apply for MFH. Once a complete application package is submitted to the cognizant HWC, with the exception of family member(s) command sponsorship or waiver, the member will be placed on an inactive wait list until approved command sponsorship or waiver is granted by the HA to reside in MFH.

(3) All DoD appropriated fund civilian employees of the U.S. Forces (Article I of the Status of Forces Agreement) on transportation agreements, eligible for Living Quarters Allowance (LQA), and accompanied with bona fide family members with command sponsorship approval who will reside with the sponsor for nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour, are eligible for MFH. Eligibility for MFH may be terminated after five consecutive years.

(4) Other civilian government employees and American Red Cross personnel in grade ARC 34 or higher and accompanied with bona fide family members with command sponsorship who will reside with the sponsor for nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour, are eligible for MFH. Eligibility for MFH does not ensure availability/assignment of MFH.

(5) Non-appropriated fund personnel accompanied with bona fide family members with command sponsorship approval who will reside with the sponsor for nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour and on a transportation agreement, are eligible for assignment to MFH. Eligibility for MFH does not ensure availability/assignment of MFH. Assignments to MFH may be terminated after five consecutive years. The cognizant HWC will determine eligibility for MFH for non-appropriated fund personnel who are on transportation agreements based on equivalency in pay to the white-collar salary table of a GS employee and certification of it from the employer's position management authority. Non-appropriated personnel shall pay the established rental and utility rates for MFH.

(6) Contractor personnel accompanied with bona fide family members who will reside with the sponsor for nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour and command sponsored, may be provided MFH when surplus assets are available or under special priority situations as determined by COMNAVFORJAPAN. Contract personnel shall pay the established rental and utility rates for MFH. Assignments to MFH may be terminated after five consecutive years.

(7) When two family members are members of DoD and have no other bona fide family members, and are not stationed at the same or adjacent installations within the same geographic area (one hour commute), they are not eligible for assignment to MFH. They would become eligible for assignment upon official notification of co-location. Exception: When one member is stationed at NAF Atsugi and one is stationed at Yokosuka, one member may apply for MFH at Yokosuka (Negishi only).

(8) Active duty single parent. An individual service member serving an accompanied tour who is unmarried, divorced, separated or widowed and is accompanied by bona fide family members with command sponsorship who will reside with the sponsor for nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour, are eligible for MFH. Eligibility for MFH does not ensure availability/assignment of MFH. Divorced or separated members must have legal and physical custody of bona fide family members for at least nine consecutive months or more each year during the sponsor's tour. A single parent who requires a live-in childcare provider, must submit a written request to the cognizant HWC. Requests are approved only in cases involving service members attached to afloat commands or those with very unusual work hours which would render routine child care impractical, or in other unique circumstances. Written requests shall be submitted via the service member's Commanding Officer. (See paragraph 10, Live-in Housekeeper/Nanny for further information on requirements.)

(9) Single, pregnant service member. Unmarried, pregnant service members may apply and be placed on the waiting list for MFH upon certification of pregnancy, but will not be assigned MFH prior to the birth of the child. The housing application control date will be the date the housing application and physician certification are received by the cognizant HWC. Offer of assignment to MFH will not be made until a birth certificate is received by the cognizant HWC or a waiver granted by the HA to reside in MFH prior to birth has been received by the cognizant HWC. Eligibility for MFH does not ensure availability/assignment of MFH.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Military Family Housing (MFH) may only be assigned when family members arrive with their sponsor. The only exception to this policy is when the sponsor can produce solid proof (i.e. flight itinerary) that clearly shows that their family member(s) will arrive within 30 calendar days of taking possession of a MFH. Sponsors arriving on accompanied duty orders without their family members (delayed travel greater than 30 days) will be placed on an inactive list. Names on the inactive list will be re-activated when the sponsor produces solid proof (i.e. flight itinerary) to the housing office that their family member(s) are expected to arrive within 30 calendar days. Additional information concerning eligibility and assignments of housing may be found by reading the FAQ’s under the general information portion of this web page.