Automated Housing Referral Network AHRN
The Automated Housing Referral Network (AHRN.com) is the preferred and trusted housing referral resource for the military community around the world designed to assist the military community locate available housing.
At a glance
- Operator
- Realty Search Solutions, LLC
- Access
- Public
- Last updated
Contact
- helpdesk@ahrn.com
AHRN.com (Automated Housing Referral Network) is a free-to-search housing listing and referral website for the U.S. military community, helping service members and their families find rental and off-base housing near a new duty station during a PCS move. It is operated by Realty Search Solutions, LLC and is not an official DoD or service-branch system.
What it is
AHRN.com is a searchable directory of rental housing listings — apartments, homes, and off-base rentals — aimed at the military community relocating for a permanent change of station. In addition to the listing search, the site offers relocation-oriented tools such as an installation-information section, a PCS-related toolkit, and a Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) calculator, and lets landlords/property managers list available housing directly to a military audience.
Who operates it
AHRN.com is owned and operated by Realty Search Solutions, LLC, per the site's current copyright notice. The site explicitly states it is "Not endorsed or sponsored by the Dept. of War or any Military Branch." The service originated in 2004 as a Department of Defense-sponsored initiative built by Runzheimer International for use at installation housing offices, and was privatized in 2013 as AHRN, LLC (Runzheimer-owned) before later changing ownership; it now operates strictly as a private commercial service, not a government system.
Access
The site is publicly accessible — searching housing listings does not require creating an account.
How logisticians use it
Relocating service members and their families use AHRN.com to identify available off-base rental housing near a gaining installation ahead of or during a PCS move, often in coordination with the installation's Military Housing Office. It is a quality-of-life and relocation resource rather than a materiel- or supply-chain logistics system, which is why it is categorized here as an Adjacent resource rather than a core logistics tool.
Related systems
Relates to installation Military Housing Offices and other PCS/relocation resources referenced elsewhere in this directory's Adjacent category.