UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

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Located in Building 626 Our Mission is to provide the best housing for West Point personnel within the available resources.
Hours	Summer Housing Assignment Procedure	Facilities	Application For Housing (pdf)
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Hours of Operation:

Customer Hours are from 0800-1100 and 1300-1500 hrs, Monday through Friday, except holidays.  
Telephone: 800-654-8845 or 845-938-5189; DSN: 688-5189;  
Fax:845-938-6196  Fax DSN: 688-6196.

Housing In/Out-processing appointments are required.

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Points of Contact:

Family/Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (UPH) Assignments and Terminations (Officer & Enlisted)/Housing Services Office:  845-938-6205.

Facilities Management:  845-938-6201

DPW Service Desk: 845-938-2316

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GENERAL:

All Soldiers reporting to West Point will report to the Housing Division within 3 working days of signing into their respective units.  You must be signed in for duty and in-processed with the Adjutant General's (AG) office before you may in-process and be put on a waiting list for housing.  You may contact the Housing Division for further information on policies and procedures.  Soldiers may reside in the local community to include those that are deemed key and essential if they desire; statements of non-availability will be provided at your housing in-processing appointment.   

West Point is scheduled to transition to privatized housing on 1 July 2008.  The West Point Partner is GMH.  GMH has plans to renovate quarters and demolish Stony Lonesome I in phases and then build new homes.  For information pertaining to the GMH housing plan, you may view the GMH web site at www.westpointfamilyhousing.com

As we transition to privatized housing, the average waiting time for family quarters is expected to increase beyond 90 days.  The housing inventory will be reduced and future changes to housing area grade designations will result in areas being mixed by grade until the change over is complete.  You are advised to check with the Housing Division 30 days prior to your arrival date to obtain the latest waiting time information. 

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Summer Housing Assignment Procedure (previously known as Housing Draw)

Married Officers reporting to West Point between 1 May and 31 August are required to review the Summer Housing Assignment Procedure information.  This procedure will include those personnel that are on waiting lists as of 1630, 30 April and are inbound between 1 May and 31 August 2008.  Officers must be on promotion lists prior to 30 May 2008 in order to be considered at the higher rank when assignments are made.

NOTE:  The Housing Draw previously scheduled for 2 and 4 June 2008 is cancelled.

Officers will select family housing by annotating their 3 housing area preferences in priority order on the 2008 Summer Housing Assignment Preference Form.  Officers must complete and return the Housing Assignment Preference Form to their Housing Coordinator (person designated in the Department/Activity/Unit to which you will be assigned) NLT 30 April 2008 so that the Housing Coordinator may provide the Housing Division all of their Department/Activity questionnaires by 1 May 2008.  Housing assignments will be made by 6 June 2008 and quarters assignments will be sent to Housing Coordinators for dissemination.  The information will also be sent to the officer’s AKO e-mail address which they will provide on their completed Summer Housing Assignment Preference Form.  Officers must annotate acceptance or declination on the Housing Assignment Preference Form and return to the Housing Division via FAX 845-938-6196 within 1 week of receipt of their quarters assignment. 

If officers are not successful in obtaining quarters, they may place themselves on the Waiting List once they sign-in for duty. 

Please review the following documents for the Summer Housing Assignment Procedure

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Temporary Housing - Guest House and Hotel/Motel Accommodations

Soldiers should plan to stay in temporary housing such as the Five Star Inn (Lodging Facility) or a local hotel/motel, while either waiting for on-post housing or locating housing off post.  Reservations for the Five Star Inn may be made by telephoning 1-800-GO-ARMY1 or (845) 446-5943. Pets are not allowed at the lodging facility; however, arrangements for boarding may be made by telephoning the Morgan Farm Kennel at 845-938-3926.

Family Housing:

Soldiers assigned to West Point with accompanying legal dependents on a permanent basis (181 days required for joint custody situations) (Documentation is Required) are eligible for assignment to on post housing. 

Pregnant Soldiers with no other dependents may apply for family housing upon verification of pregnancy by medical authority, but will not be offered quarters until the birth of the child.

Placement on the waiting list will normally be by the Soldier’s eligibility date, which is when he/she signed out of their last permanent duty station as long as application is made no later than 30 days after reporting to the new duty station; otherwise, it is the date application is made.

Soldiers from a dependent-restricted tour including involuntary extension beyond initial tour will have an eligibility date as the date departed previous duty station for the dependent-restricted tour or a maximum 14-month credit.  Soldiers who obtain family members during the tour and were separated from those family members will receive credit for time separated.  Voluntary extensions beyond the initial tour negate all credit.  

Married Officers in the grade of Colonel (06) will be assigned a minimum of four bedrooms.  Soldiers in the grades of Lieutenant Colonel (05), Major (04), Chief Warrant Officer (CW5 and CW4), Sergeant Major (E9), Master Sergeant (E8), and Sergeant First Class (E7) will be assigned a minimum of three bedrooms.  All other personnel will be assigned to quarters by number of family members, based on their gender and age.

When an inbound sponsor or spouse is pregnant as confirmed by medical authority and is accompanied by other family members, the baby will be considered in the bedroom count.

Occupancy by Nondependents:

Without the approval of the Housing Division, occupancy of quarters by non-dependents and guests over 30 days is not authorized.  Non-dependents and guests are not family members and occupancy of quarters by these individuals, even with approval from the Housing Division, does not entitle the Soldier to an additional bedroom or parking space.

You are advised to contact the Housing Division, 1-800-654-8845 prior to your arrival to obtain current waiting list information.

Waiting Lists:

Waiting List:  The following Soldiers may be placed on the appropriate waiting list by date of eligibility.  Officers on the waiting list 1630 hours on 30 April 2008 that have not been offered quarters will be included in the Summer Housing Assignment Procedure. 

a.  Newly arrived Soldiers who have yet to be assigned quarters (moving expense to be borne by the government).

b.  Change in authorized grade category (moving expense to be borne by the resident).

c.  Change in bedroom authorization (moving expense to be borne by the resident).

d.  Military necessity (newly appointed Key and Essential personnel presently residing off post) (moving expense to be borne by the government).

e.  Medical necessity as recommended by the Commander, MEDDAC, and approved by the DPW  (moving expense to be borne by the government).

f. Compassionate reasons as recommended by the Chain of Command, reviewed by the Housing Council and approved by the DPW (moving expense to be borne by the resident).

Soldiers who decline quarters will be placed at the bottom of the waiting list effective the date of their declination; if offered quarters again and they decline, their name will be taken off the waiting list.

Freeze Zone

The relative position of the top 10 percent of personnel on each waiting list will be stabilized (freeze zone).  Personnel who are Key and Essential or have an approved exception to policy necessitating that they be housed immediately will be placed above the freeze zone.

UPH:

All unaccompanied personnel must in-process with the Housing Division after signing in for duty and inprocessing with the Adjutant General's Office.  Limited SOQ/SEQ's are available for Staff Sergeants and above who are bonafide bachelors.  Soldiers in the grade of Staff Sergeants and above who collect BAH at the without dependent rate to include those designated Key and Essential may live off post.

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Housing Services Office (HSO)

The Housing Services Office is located in Building 626.  Soldiers searching for off-post housing may access the Automated Housing Referral Network, www.ahrn.com to obtain rental listings in the West Point area.  (Landlords who desire to place a rental listing on the AHRN web site may access the web site to register and list their rental free of charge.)

Housing Services are available to Soldiers and Department of the Army civilians.  You must in-process through the HSO after signing into your unit and prior to signing a lease.  You are required to provide the HSO with a copy of your signed lease.   You will be issued a statement of non-availability at your Housing in-processing appointment.

If you are departing West Point , you may access the Army Housing One Stop for information on your next duty station to include BAH rates for other installations.  https://onestop.army.mil

Those unaccompanied officers getting married during the period 1 May – 31 August will be allowed to participate in the Summer Housing Assignment Procedure for family quarters; however, they will be assigned to quarters that will be available on or after the date of their marriage.

Soldiers with family requirements of 5 bedrooms or higher may place their names on the appropriate waiting list when they sign in for duty, select “less than their authorization by grade or bedroom” in the Summer Housing Assignment Procedure, or reside off-post.  The West Point housing inventory has a very small number of 5+ bedrooms; therefore the wait time for a unit may be 1+ years.

Soldiers are only permitted to sign for quarters after they have signed-in for duty, in-processed with the Adjutant General's Office, and in-processed with the Housing Division.

Inbound Soldiers should schedule a check-in appointment and sign for quarters immediately upon availability date of quarters, but not later than seven ccalendar days after availability.

Inspections:

Notice of Intent to Terminate:  When quarters are to be terminated, the Sponsor will adhere to the following schedule and notify the Housing Division, Facilities Management Branch, Bldg.  626, 938-6201.  (Must have Orders with an effective date within 90 days of timeframe or an approved Exception to Policy to terminate quarters).

(1)  Provide 60 days advance notice of approximate termination date.

(2)  Provide a definite termination date at least 30 days prior to clearance.

(3)  Establish a pre-termination date at least 30 days prior to clearance.

(4)  During the Summer Housing Assignment Procedure timeframe:  All Officers/Key and Essential Civilians/Enlisted (Staff Sergeant and above) Unaccompanied Personnel departing between 1 May and 31 August must have a pre-termination inspection completed by 31 March 2008 (Orders are not required at this time) and a final termination inspection must be scheduled by 30 April 2008 for the date you expect to depart West Point if you are in receipt of Orders or Request for Orders.

Facilities:

Approximately 40% of West Point ’s housing inventory is historical.  Housing built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint.  Landlords must disclose the presence of known lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards in the dwelling.  Residents must also receive a Federally approved pamphlet on lead poisoning prevention.  If you are assigned quarters that have lead-based paint, you will be required to sign a lead disclosure form and will be provided a pamphlet on lead poisoning prevention.  Lead from paint chips and dust can pose a health hazard if not taken care of properly.  Some quarters at West Point have fireplaces; it should be noted that not all of the fireplaces are operational.  All family quarters are equipped with ranges and refrigerators.   Some units have dishwashers and disposals.  Other government furniture is not available for family quarters.  In the recently constructed quarters and the renovated quarters, the electrical receptacle for the dryer has been updated to a 4-prong plug.  It is the resident's responsibility to purchase and install the appropriate assemblies for the dryer.  Government furniture is available to personnel who are assigned to UPH units.  You may coordinate delivery of furniture at the time of your Housing in-processing appointment.

Floor Plans:

Floor plans may vary from unit to unit from the actual one displayed on the Housing Web page.

Resident Owned Equipment:

1.  Occupants desiring to use personally owned ranges or refrigerators in lieu of Government equipment must submit their request in writing through the Chief, Housing Division, DPW, Energy Management Branch, DPW, to the Property Book Officer, DPW (ATTN:  Furnishings Management Branch).  Request should include make, model, number of cubic feet, voltage required, EER rating, and watts.   Removal of Government appliances will be at the convenience of the Government when transportation is available.

2.  Installation of privately owned equipment, i.e., ranges and refrigerators in quarters will be accomplished at the occupant's expense.   Installation of appliances that are hazardous, objectionable, incompatible with design of the building or capacities of the utility system, or which require substantial structural or mechanical changes are not authorized.

3.  All quarters are equipped with 220 volt outlets for clothes dryers. 

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