OK, here's a question regarding the purchase of a replacement house upon posting...
As you know, IRPP pays certain fees for you when you purchase a home within 2 years of being posted to a location. My wife is being posted to Petawawa after completion of her RMS Clerk QL3. IRPP has told her she is not eligible for the payment of those fees because her HG&E is already in Pet.
When you go to the site,
www.irp-pri.com, chapter 12 of CF Integrated Relocation Program deals with the purchase of a replacement home, addendum 5 defines a service couple and lays out what they are entitled to, addendum 11 defines a posting allowance and who is and is not entitled to one.
Links to CF IRP and Addendum's.
After reading most of this (I say most because the stuff about Goose Bay does not apply to me, and some other stuff made my eyes go crossed) I see 2 things 2:
a) My wife is not entitled to ANY posting allowance whatsoever because being posted back to Pet is a no cost move, according to addendum 11. However, the good people at IRPP have given her a posting allowance.
b) There is nothing in chapter 12 about service couples being posted back together, or specifics on who and who isn't entitled with regards to service couples and location of HG&E. The IRPP people in Borden have told her that she is not entitled because of her location of HG&E, so they know she already lives in Pet, and they realize she is a service couple. She has asked her staff for clarification, and they have told her that sometimes IRPP tells people they are not entitled to these allowances in hope that they don't bother to look up the regs and just go away, saving IRPP some dough. Is this occurring? Seems shady and crooked, but considering how the other civvy agencies who "work for the CF" conduct business (VAC, SISIP, CFHA) not all that far fetched.
So, as I see it, she is either entitled to nothing, or everything. As addendum 11 says she is doing a no cost move, except for mileage from Borden, but that's a travel claim, that is the nothing. As their is nothing in chapter 12 regarding service couples, she should be entitled to everything anyone else would get when posted, that's the everything. This is very important to us, as we planned to purchase a home this year, but may have to wait longer to save the extra cash for these expenses which should be covered by IRPP.
Any help with this from service couples who have been in the same boat would be greatly appreciated, or even people bored enough to go read those chapters and have a knack for translating legalese. Thanks in advance.