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The 5.1% increase in BAH is an average across the spectrum and doesn\u2019t guarantee that everybody will see that increase \u2014 or any at all. Service members can get information about their specific housing allowance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensetravel.dod.mil\/site\/bahCalc.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">DoD\u2019s BAH calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense officials expect to pay an estimated $25.6 billion in BAH to about 1 million service members in 2022, according to their announcement of the new rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who are in areas where the BAH rate decreases in 2022 will have individual rate protection so they won\u2019t be receiving less money as long as they live there. This ensures service members who have made long-term rental agreements are not penalized if the area\u2019s housing costs decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This rate protection doesn\u2019t apply to the extra money service members in the 56 geographic locations are receiving due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/09\/27\/its-final-hard-hit-troops-in-56-areas-can-apply-for-a-temporary-increase-in-their-housing-allowance\/\">temporary BAH rate increases<\/a> approved for October through December of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those increases \u2014 which range from 10% to 20% \u2014 were designed to help mitigate the financial difficulties of troops hit hard by surging housing costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But they expire Dec. 31 since the 2022 BAH rates take effect the following day. 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