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Anyone done this? Husband and I have been in our current community for over a year...we see that a community is offering 3 BR's to 2 BR qualified...is it possible for us to move or would we need an exception letter? Thanks! 

From what I understand you can only do it if you have an increase in family members or some other special reason. You can always apply to do it and the worst they can do is say no. 

Is that how you would go about it? Submitting a new application? 

I would go about it by calling housing and asking what to do. Im pregnant so for us changing houses is different because with an increase in family size he now qualifies for a bigger home. But yes I know there is some sort of application process. 

Unless he picks up rank or you increase in family size they won't let you move..... We tried, we ended up getting pregnant with twins so we rated a bigger home but we still had to go through a whole process - and with housing being full it might be hard- 

The housing office/military will deny it unless there is "just cause" to move. Ex. new addition to the family, a family member becoming disabled and needing 1 story home, picking up rank from non NCO to NCO or NCO to SNCO, etc. Even if you are pregnant, they can refuse to move you if they want to because by law, children under a certain age can share a room even if they are of opposite sex. Just make sure to be sweet to them or you'll be screwed. They do what they want to. Yes, the only way around it would be to get a letter except it will still likely get denied due to costs for them to clean and do maintenance/repairs to the home you are leaving as well as prepping the new home. The only way around it would be to move off base, then back on base and when you reapply for housing then you can. They find any way they can to screw you. My husband and I are in the process of adopting my nephew and have pre-adoptive custody through the courts, he's in DEERS, and on TriCare. Housing initially said we only qualified for a 1 br house. Once we got them to waive that, they said we could only sign him in for 90 days as an "extended visitor". Pretty sure our son, who's soon to share our last name, is not a visitor. We raised a stink about it, then they were sure not to put us up north in San O and said it wouldn't be possible unless we waited for months on a waiting list.