Pentagon Needs Paperwork Permission To Reduce Paperwork Burden
Published Date: 11/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense is asking for approval to collect housing info from over 422,000 service members and eligible civilians using a new form. This helps prioritize who gets family housing on or off base and supports military families better. Comments on this plan are open until December 26, 2025, and filling out the form takes about 15 minutes.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
DoD collects housing info to assign family housing
The Department of Defense will collect housing information using a new DD Form 1746 from active-duty service members, eligible civilians, local nationals, and foreign nationals to determine assignment priority categories for family housing on or off base. The form also lets service members state living preferences and is used to track who is assigned to an installation to support family well-being and readiness.
Time burden to complete new housing form
The new DD Form 1746 is voluntary but will be requested from 422,430 respondents, with an average completion time of 15 minutes per response and a total annual burden of 105,608 hours. Comments on the information collection are being accepted through December 26, 2025.
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