If you answer No to the question in Turbo Tax "Would you like to exclude your foreign earned income, your foreign wages on Form 2555 will be deleted. You must claim foreign earned exclusion to claim foreign housing exclusion on your income tax return as it will disqualify from claiming either one.
The US Taxpayers living and working at a US company abroad, may
qualify to claim Foreiign Earned Income Exclusion on their taxes as deduction from gross income. To qualify for the exclusion, you must meet the bonafide residence test or physical presence test.
The foreign housing exclusion applies only to amounts paid for with employer-provided amounts on your behalf by your employer that are taxable foreign earned income to you for the year (without regard to the foreign earned income exclusion).
