Category: Featured
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Month of the Military Child
April is the “Month of the Military Child”, a time to recognise and celebrate the resilience, adaptability and strength shown by children growing up in Service families. Military children experience a unique childhood. Frequent moves, changing schools, time away from parents and the uncertainty that can come with Service life all require a high level of resilience. Despite these challenges, military children consistently
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New light pink shades added to Defence Homes colour palette
Following feedback from Service families, we are updating our Defence Homes Colour Palette this spring to introduce five new light pink shades. This update is part of our ongoing commitment to modernise outdated policies and give families greater freedom to make their homes feel like their own. Previously, all walls had to be returned to magnolia or white before moving out. With the
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Families First Newsletter – 27 March 2026
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A message to Service families
We know many of you, especially those in long term relationships or with childcare responsibilities for more than 80 nights a year have been waiting a long time for clearer information about widening access to Defence housing. Thank you for your patience. We understand how important it is for families to have clarity about their housing options, especially when
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Let’s get building: MOD set to start construction on first military homes in a decade
Good homes will be placed at the heart of UK military family life as the MOD is set to begin the construction of 265 new military family houses at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, the first such development in almost a decade. Families living in the area will see a range of new, modern apartments, houses and bungalows begin to be built at Carterton near the air base
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Investment in Woolwich for military families returning to the UK
Representatives from DIO visited a refurbishment project in Woolwich, which will see £10m investment into improving the housing estate. This includes refurbishments to 130 homes, ahead of the return of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment that has been deployed to Cyprus over the last two years. DIO Operations Director South, Sebastian O’Hara, was joined by colleagues from VIVO to see firsthand the progress being made in the area. Each home has been assessed
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Sharing innovation within the accommodation industry
On 26 February 2026, DIO hosted its first Research and Development Day at the DIO Headquarters in Whittington. The event was an opportunity for businesses of all shapes and sizes to come together to share their innovative projects and express how these new technologies can be used to improve Service Family Accommodation. Several technologies were exhibited including modern ventilation systems,
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Families First Newsletter – 02 March 2026
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Families First Newsletter – 21 January 2026
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New Armed Forces Bill to drive the biggest renewal of Service Family housing in a generation
Service families will benefit from the newly introduced Armed Forces Bill which promises better housing, better services and better protections for our forces and their families. The Bill will create a new Defence Housing Service, which will have a simple ethos – to put the needs of forces and their families first and drive