USAREUR surveying service members on housing expenses Published March 17, 2011 HEIDELBERG, Germany -- U.S. military personnel stationed in Germany who want to participate in the 2011 Overseas Housing Allowance Utility/recurring Maintenance Survey must provide information about their expenses by April 15. The Department of Defense will use data from the survey, which began March 1, to determine the utility/recurring maintenance allowance for service members in Germany, according to a U.S. Army in Europe news release. All service members who have lived in a private-lease dwelling under the OHA program in Germany for at least the past six months are eligible to take the survey at http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/ss/wsb.dll/s/eg4a. Participants may stop the survey at any time, for example to research costs or search for receipts, and resume where they left off. They should use records and receipts to help report the average monthly cost of utilities, as well as the average monthly cost of any routine maintenance expenses.