He also said civil service will continue to have a positive role in the future. And we were recently validated in the Quadrennial Defense Review process. Our personnel ought to feel good about their future from the support they are getting from the leadership of the Defense Department and at the White House. The Set-Aside Program being used at the Naval Base Norfolk Housing Welcome Center reduces paperwork and provides a list of available rentals. Security deposits, credit checks and application fees are not required for program participants.
Local landlords designate units to the program at reduced rent.
The military participant signs a one-year lease and pays the rent by allotment. Nearly forty management firms have designated more than 4,700 units from Virginia Beach to Williamsburg to the program. This partnership, between the Housing Welcome Center and local landlords, has housed more than 3,400 single and married military personnel. Interservice agreements with the Welcome Center in Norfolk also allow Army, Air Force and Marine Corps personnel to use the program.