Commandant
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United States Coast Guard
Washington, DC 20593-0001
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COMDTINST 11101.15
MAY 5, 2003
COMMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 11101.15
Subj:
CRITICAL HOUSING AREAS (CHA)
Ref:
(a) Title 37 U.S.C. 403
(b) Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR) Vol 1, par. U8005B
1. PURPOSE. To provide a better understanding of the policy and criteria governing the
establishment, disestablishment, and continuance of Critical Housing Areas (CHA). To provide
service members with application procedures for housing allowances under the Critical Housing
Area policy.
2. ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics commands,
commanding officers of headquarters units, assistant commandants for directorates, Chief Counsel,
and special staff offices at Headquarters shall ensure that the provisions of this Instruction are
followed. Internet Release Authorized.
3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. None
4. BACKGROUND. There are many areas where both military family housing and community
housing are in short supply. In some places, housing is in such short supply that service members
are forced to leave or place their family members at other locations. Under the Regulations
established by references (a) and (b), the Secretaries of the uniformed services may authorize Basic
Allowance for Housing (BAH) at rates other than for members' permanent duty stations (PDS) when
it has been determined that amounts of government or civilian family housing are insufficient to
meet requirements in the vicinity of the military installation. All housing offices are required to
participate in the DOD annual BAH data collection process. The market data collected through this
effort is critical to the BAH rate-setting process. BAH data collection affords information about the
availability of civilian housing and can be used to help support CHA determination.
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