Does a divorced servicemember with shared custody still get housing or BAH?

Special rules apply for active duty members who live in single government quarters (such as barracks/dormitories) and pay child support. Married members and members with custodial custody of children are considered to "have dependents," (for housing purposes) and receive full-rate housing allowance (BAH), even if they reside temporarily in the barracks (such as in basic training, job school, or unaccompanied overseas assignment), in order to provide adequate financial support (housing) for their dependents.

However, military members who don't have custody, and are paying child support, *ARE NOT* authorized to reside in the barracks and receive full-rate BAH.

Instead, such members are paid an entitlement called BAH-DIFF, or BAH Differential. BAH-DIFF is the difference between the full married rate and full single rate of BAH RC/T, (which is a different allowance than the full-rate BAH ).

In order to receive this allowance, however, the military member must prove (by support agreement or court order) that the amount of child support they provide equals or exceeds the amount of BAH-DIFF they are entitled to.

If the amount of support is less than the BAH-DIFF entitlement, the member residing in single goverment quarters, who pays child support, receives nothing extra.

Unmarried members who are authorized to reside off base at government expense, who pay child support are entitled to the full, with-dependent rate housing allowance.

All though he does qualify for Base Housing...

not sure why he would keep base housing as

he still has to pay Child Support...

They will make him move into the Barracks...

Besides the visits would be very infrequent

if the EX has moved back home...

and NO the Ex cannot live or even stay there...

as she will not have a Base ID card any longer.

YES. Although he is no longer married, he, because he is a father; still has dependents (his children). Therefore, he is still entitled to BAH. He would then have to worry about getting a family care plan in place so that he can still deploy.