{"id":127164,"date":"2024-06-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/17\/what-troops-need-to-know-about-the-basic-allowance-for-housing-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:06:04","slug":"what-troops-need-to-know-about-the-basic-allowance-for-housing-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/smr\/benefits-guide\/2024\/06\/17\/what-troops-need-to-know-about-the-basic-allowance-for-housing-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"What troops need to know about the basic allowance for housing in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military\u2019s housing stipend, known as the \u201cbasic allowance for housing,\u201d increased by an average of 5.4% per person in January 2024. 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It does not increase for additional family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For dual-military couples with no children, both spouses get the without-dependents rate. If the couple has children, one spouse receives the with-dependent BAH rate, while the other gets the without dependents rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAH varies widely. For example, an E-1 without dependents at Twentynine Palms receives $1,614 a month, while an O-4 with dependents stationed there gets $3,021. 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