Forces families living in military housing will enjoy greater freedoms to make their house feel more like home.

The new Consumer Charter will cut the red tape and make it easier for families to own pets, decorate properties and run businesses from their homes.  

Reforms follow the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) commitment of more than £1.5 billion extra for forces family housing, delivering on the government’s Plan for Change.  

Thousands of Armed Forces families will benefit from new freedoms to keep pets and personalise their homes as part of the Government’s commitment to improve forces housing.

The measures, announced today, include greater freedoms to own pets, decorate and personalise houses, and run businesses from home.  

The latest improvements to military family housing — so

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