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Dec 18, 2023 · Find out how much BAH differential you can get if you live in government housing and pay child support. See the tables for different pay grades and locations for 2024.
Basic Allowance for Housing Rate Lookup. Use the forms below to find BAH rates by ZIP code, supplemental rate information, or to download annual BAH rate data for all locations and all pay grades.
Learn about the different types of BAH, such as BAH-Diff, and how they are calculated and paid to military members. BAH-Diff is the housing allowance for members who pay child support and is based on the difference between BAQ with and without dependents.
Service members who live in government housing and pay child support, also known as BAH-Diff or BAH Differential. Service members who pay child support and live on the local economy are eligible to receive the “with dependent” BAH rate for their locality. Find older rates using the BAH Archive.
Mar 25, 2022 · BAH-DIFF is the housing allowance amount for a member who is assigned to single-type quarters and who is authorized a BAH solely by reason of the member's payment of child support. A member is not authorized BAH-DIFF if the monthly rate of that child support is less than the BAH-DIFF amount.
BAH-Diff is a type of Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) that applies to service members who pay child support and are assigned to single-type quarters. BAH-Diff is determined by the U.S. Secretary of Defense and is based on the difference between BAH with and without dependents.
The national average BAH rates for service members with and without dependents rose by 5.4% from 2023 to 2024. Because the Defense Department calculates the rates based on a combination of...