The overall average military Basic Allowance for Housing rates across the country has dropped for the first time since 1998, the year BAQ was replaced by BAH. The 0.6 percent drop reflects a decrease in the average rental costs across the over 400 designated military housing areas.
Fortunately about 400,000 active duty service members will see their BAH protected from a rate drop Jan. 1; thanks to “individual rate protection,” which was adopted by Congress nine years ago.
View the 2011 BAH Rate tables:
2011 BAH With Dependents (pdf)
2011 BAH Without Dependents (pdf)
Non-Locality (Reserve Component/Transient and Differential BAH Rates)