Basic
Allowance for Housing (BAH)
BAH is an allowance to offset the cost of housing when you do not receive
government-provided housing. Your BAH depends upon your location, pay
grade and whether you have dependents. BAH rates are set by surveying
the cost of rental properties in each geographic location. The rates are
established such that members in each pay grade, independent of location,
pay approximately the same out-of-pocket costs. Therefore, BAH rates in
high-cost areas will be much greater than those in low-cost areas. BAH
rates are published on the Per Diem Committee web page (https://secureapp2.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bah.html)
Additionally, there are different types of BAH to compensate for special
situations. For more details, choose from below (or the navigation bar
on the left):
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