Is your current rented home a temporary situation with your dad’s job? Is the intent to return to your owned home at some point?
I’m not sure that the owned home would be counted as a second home since you only own one home and you’re not renting it out.
When i was a kid, my dad’s job took us to florida for a bit. My parents kept their Calif home, we rented a place in Florida, and when the job was finished, we returned to our home in Calif. It was like a long business trip.
If that happened today, i don’t think my parents would consider their Calif home as a second home. It was their primary residence…not rented out…and with full intention to return.
I suspect some military families find themselves in similar situations…owning their primary home…and being stationed/renting elsewhere for periods of time. I doubt their homes (their only property owned) would be considered a second residence on fafsa, but maybe i’m wrong.
@kelsmom can you weigh in here.