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others would prefer asmaller home. Some personnel object to having to marry to qualify for SFA. The reality is that there are many different ways in which people want to live, but this is not always achievable in the current system. Youmay have seen in the SDSR announcement in November that the MOD is examining how to modernise the way it provides accommodation for personnel and their families. To achieve this, they must consider some very different, quite innovative solutions. That is the aim of the Future Accommodation Model. The MOD is still developing ideas and no final decision has been taken but we know they are working to the following critical guiding principles in developing anew concept:
•They must support more personnel to buy their own home to give the Service person and their family greater stability.
•Whether personnel have bought their own home or not, they will still need housing close to their place of work. The MOD wants them to be able to choose more freely where, how and with whom they live. So they want to support more personnel to live in the private sector,renting close to their place of work with the help of arental allowance.
•MOD must continue to provide significant support, both financial and non-financial, to enable personnel and their families to live and work where they need to, in the UK and around the world. And this must be done fairly,with the level of support based on need, and adjusted so that no-one loses out just because they have to work in expensive areas.
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