Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Housing allowances vary widely based on location, but the benefit is designed to cover nearly all of a service member's rent.

The Pentagon will boost housing allowance rates for service members by an average of 4.2% on Jan. 1, the Defense Department announced Thursday. Troops can expect to see basic allowance for housing ...

Your 2026 Basic Allowance for Housing increase sounds like relief. The fine print has been there the whole time. The Pentagon announced in December that military families would see an average 4.2% ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense has released the 2025 Basic Allowance for Housing rates. Basic Allowance for Housing rates will increase an average of 5.4 percent when the new rates take effect ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. By adjusting allowances for service members, the government will ease ...

Military households will receive an average 5.4% increase in their Basic Allowance for Housing in 2025. The Defense Department announced the annual update Friday, and the new housing allowance rates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Troops with families could get $100 to $184 more money each month, on average, if the Defense Department were to boost Basic ...

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