The Navy and the Marine Corps will use this document. It presents basic design criteria guidance for Unaccompanied Housing (UH) for the Navy and the Marine Corps, and applies to both enlisted and officer quarters. It also takes into account local program operations and requirements, in accordance with the latest construction standards established by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). UH serves recruits in open bay, students in dormitories, and permanent party housing.

This UFC provides guidance for the design, construction, and improvement of Department of Defense (DoD) family housing facilities in the United States, its possessions, and foreign countries. It is intended, when used in combination with applicable building codes and standards which this UFC supplements, to define minimum standards consistent with high quality, energy efficient, sustainable family housing equivalent to off-post market offerings. It is not within the scope of this UFC to specify the content of design deliverables and construction documentation for housing projects.