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The Service concerned must consider a member eligible for Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA) for a period not to exceed sixty days if each of the following is true:
- The member is assigned to an Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS) permanent duty station (PDS) under permanent change of station orders.
- Government quarters are not assigned to the member.
- The member is not residing in private sector housing on a permanent basis.
- One of the following is true:
- The member is awaiting assignment to government quarters.
- The member is searching for or completing arrangements for private sector housing.
- The member is occupying temporary lodging at the member's expense authorized by the TLA Authority.
- The member has previously received TLA for a period not exceeding sixty days upon arrival at the PDS.
- The member has provided evidence in obtaining permanent residence in increments of fifteen days or less.
- At least one of the following is true:
- The member's household goods have not arrived at the OCONUS PDS.
- There is a delay in availability of assignment to government quarters due to Service requirements.
- Government quarters or private sector housing are made temporarily or permanently uninhabitable or unavailable due to acts of God, fire, flood, earthquake, riot, civil unrest, or other disturbances.
- The member is unable to secure private sector housing that the housing officer considers suitable to the member's needs, in an acceptable location, and comparable to and within the price range of housing currently being used by other members in the area.
- The member is not eligible for Monetary Allowance in Lieu of Transportation-Plus Per Diem.
- The member is not in any of the following statuses:
- Absent Without Leave in excess of twenty-four hours, unless the absence is excused as unavoidable
- Civil Confinement - In Hands of Civil Authority
- Desertion
- Excess Leave
- Military Confinement - Constructively Absent
- Leave away from the PDS vicinity
- Permissive Travel away from the PDS vicinity
- Per Diem status while at home port awaiting arrival of the ship to which the member is assigned |