Guidance

Future Accommodation Model: what you need to know

The Ministry of Defence is exploring how it can provide armed forces personnel with more choice of housing and meet their aspirations for home ownership.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 28 July 2016
• Last updated: 19 July 2023 — See all updates

Documents

End of Future Accommodation Model (FAM) pilot - overview

HTML

Details

Information about the MOD Future Accommodation Model (FAM), its aims and who it may affect.

Pilot site Defence Connect pages:

• RAF Wittering
• Aldershot Garrison
• HMNB Clyde

Related information

• MOD Future Accommodation Model survey: 2016

Published 28 July 2016
Last updated 19 July 2023 + show all updates

1. 19 July 2023

   'End of Future Accommodation Model (FAM) pilot - overview' updated.

2. 6 April 2023

   Webpage updated with information about the closure of the FAM pilot scheme and next steps.

3. 14 February 2023

   Added information on the Future Accommodation Model (FAM). The FAM pilot will end on 31 March 2023. Service personnel approved for FAM, remaining at a pilot site or posted from a pilot site, are advised to contact their relevant FAM Cell to check their eligibility to continue to receive their FAM benefits.

4. 23 August 2022

   Updated guidance under the heading 'Check if FAM applies to you'.

5. 8 July 2021

   Eligibility for the FAM pilot: criteria updated.

6. 11 September 2020

   Updated: the homepage and 'What you need to know about the Future Accommodation Model' HTML.

7. 30 March 2020

   Added a notice COVID-19 update.

8. 17 February 2020

   Updated the RAF Wittering date to the 1 June 2020.

9. 31 January 2020

   Addition of a new video clip in the HTML attachment.

10. 31 January 2020

    Updated the 'what you need to know: future accommodation model' page with the latest information.

11. 18 December 2019

    Updated the Private Rental Sector section.

12. 11 November 2019

    Updated the Local FAM pilot site contact details section.

13. 30 September 2019

    Updated the information as FAM is live at HMNB Clyde.

14. 17 September 2019

    Updated the page with the most up to date links to the HIVE single service websites.

15. 28 August 2019

    Updated the page for clarity and amended a few large headings.

16. 31 July 2019

    Added a link to the MOD FAM survey results for 2016.

17. 4 July 2019

    Added content to the page 'What you need to know about the Future Accommodation Model' under section headings: 'If you are already based at a FAM pilot site', 'Eligibility for the FAM pilot' and 'Buying a home after the FAM pilot starts'.

18. 28 June 2019

    Updated the information to reflect the latest information on the Future Accommodation model.

19. 1 April 2019

    Updated the FAM what you need to know content to introduce the announcement of the launch of FAM pilots.

20. 18 February 2019

    Updated the 'latest updates' section of the guidance.

21. 14 February 2019

    Added: Updated information under heading 'Latest updates'

22. 10 October 2018

    Updated to reflect the latest developments in the project.

23. 31 January 2018

    Added Future Accommodation Model Update February 2018.

24. 18 December 2017

    Updated guidance and latest updates for this project.

25. 1 August 2017

    Updated information about FAM

26. 25 August 2016

    Added potential options videos.

27. 28 July 2016

    First published.