Ministry of Defence accommodation
Service Family Accommodation estate (UK)
A housing portfolio for the Ministry of Defence, at Armed forces bases and military housing estates across the UK.
Defence Infrastructure Organisation operates the homes, and Ministry of Defence owns them. Public sources give 47,604 homes. The register records the scheme as operational.
The Record
- Site
- Armed forces bases and military housing estates across the UK
- Region
- Several regions
- Employer
- Ministry of Defence
- Owner
- Ministry of Defence (Secretary of State for Defence); some homes held under PFI and lease arrangements
- Operator
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation, with Pinnacle (housing management) and Amey and VIVO Defence Services (repairs and maintenance)
- Homes
- 47,604 homes (self-contained)
- Status
- Operational
- Agreement
- Accommodation supply contract; Maintenance contract; Management agreement; Sale and leaseback
- Employer support
- Payment support published
- Confidence
- Reported by the employer
- Scale
- Portfolio or programme: A group of properties or a programme without one site
- Record
- SCH-0212
Sources
Where the operator or the employer has a page, that page is the place to ask about homes and eligibility.
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): Overview of SFA
- Ministry of Defence: The Defence Housing Strategy 2025: Summary
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): Defence Housing Strategy published
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): New Armed Forces Bill to drive the biggest renewal of Service Family housing in a generation
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): Homes fit for heroes with extra £1.5 billion for forces housing through upcoming Strategic Defence Review
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): Defence Housing Strategy (families page)
- Ministry of Defence: The Defence Investment Plan
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): Publication of the Defence Investment Plan
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): Appointment of Interim Chair of the Defence Housing Service
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Defence Homes): Military families invited to help shape the future of Service Family Housing
What The Agreement Type Means
- Accommodation supply contract
- A contractor finds and supplies homes for the employer, usually leased from private landlords, and the employer pays for the homes supplied.
- Maintenance contract
- A contractor repairs and maintains homes the employer owns or leases; no housing is provided by the contractor.
- Management agreement
- A provider manages homes, usually employer-owned, including allocations and tenancy management, for a fee.
- Sale and leaseback
- The employer sold the homes and leased them back.
How Sure We Are
- Reported by the employer
- The employer's website, board paper, accounts or FOI response.
Not Yet Listed With Keyworker.com
This record comes from public sources. The owner has not listed the scheme with us, and we have no arrangement with them unless this page says so.
Interest is shown to the owner as a number, never as names. Owners pay one annual subscription per scheme to list; residents never pay.
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Is Something Out Of Date?
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