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VOLUME 7A, CHAPTER 26: "HOUSING ALLOWANCES"

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This is a new chapter. The policy for Housing Allowances was relocated from the Joint Travel Regulations, Chapter 10.

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2601 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................... 6

260101. 260102.

Purpose ............................................................................................................... 6 Authoritative Guidance ...................................................................................... 6

2602 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 6

Table 26-1. 260201. Table 26-2. 260202. Table 26-3. Table 26-4. Table 26-5. Table 26-6.

Types of Housing Allowances ........................................................................... 6 Definitions for Housing Allowances .................................................................. 7 Offices That Determine PDS Vicinities ............................................................. 8 Housing-Allowance Rates and Applicable Dates .............................................. 9 Housing Allowances Rate Determinations ...................................................... 10 Date to Start BAH or OHA for a Service Member with a Dependent ............. 11 Date to Stop Housing Allowances Based on Change in Dependent's Status .. 13 Date to Stop BAH or OHA--Other Changes................................................... 14

2603 DETERMINING DEPENDENCY .............................................................................. 14

260301. Dependent......................................................................................................... 14 260302. Determinations and Fraudulent Claims............................................................ 16 Table 26-7. Army: Unmarried Child Claimed as Dependent ............................................. 17 Table 26-8. Navy: Unmarried Child Claimed as Dependent.............................................. 18 Table 26-9. Air Force: Unmarried Child Claimed as Dependent ....................................... 19 Table 26-10. USMC: Unmarried Child Claimed as Dependent ........................................... 21 Table 26-11. Determination of Marriage Validity................................................................. 23 Table 26-12. Spouse is the Dependent Claimed .................................................................... 23 260303. Providing Support for Dependent .................................................................... 25 260304. Dependent Parent ............................................................................................. 27 Table 26-13. Dependent Claimed is a Parent ........................................................................ 27 260305. Adopted Child, Stepchild, or Child Born out of Wedlock ............................... 28 260306. Child Living with Service Member's Former Spouse...................................... 29 260307. Child Living with Service Member's Former or Estranged Spouse ................ 30 260308. Dependent Confined in Penal or Correctional Institution ................................ 30

2604 SERVICE MEMBER MARRIED TO ANOTHER SERVICE MEMBER ................. 31

260401. 260402. 260403.

Both Service Members Married to Each Other Entitled to Basic Pay ............. 31 Other Dependents ............................................................................................. 32 Dependent Custody Effects on Housing Allowances ...................................... 33

2605 BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING (BAH)........................................................ 34

260501. 260502.

BAH Rate Protection........................................................................................ 34 BAH Advance .................................................................................................. 34

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260503. Partial Housing Allowance (BAH-Partial)....................................................... 35 Table 26-14. Conditions for BAH-Partial ............................................................................. 35 Table 26-15. Special BAH-Partial for Navy Barracks Privatization Test ............................. 37 260504. BAH Differential (BAH-Diff).......................................................................... 37 260505. Temporary BAH Increase ................................................................................ 38 Table 26-16. Locations Approved for a Temporary BAH Rate Increase.............................. 38 Table 26-17. Effect of Changes During Temporary Rate Increase Period on BAH ............. 38

2606 OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) ....................................................... 39

260601. OHA Overview ................................................................................................ 39 Table 26-18. OHA Unique Expense Locations ..................................................................... 41 260602. OHA Determining Monthly Rent..................................................................... 41 Table 26-19. Maximum OHA Rental Allowance .................................................................. 43 260603. OHA Utility or Recurring Maintenance Allowance......................................... 43 Table 26-20. Climate Code Utility Points ............................................................................. 44 Table 26-21. Utility and Recurring Maintenance Allowance Payment Percentage .............. 45 260604. OHA Computation Steps.................................................................................. 45 Table 26-22. OHA Computation Procedure .......................................................................... 45 260605. Move-in Housing Allowance (MIHA) ............................................................. 46 Table 26-23. Types of MIHA Payments................................................................................ 47 Table 26-24. MIHA/Miscellaneous Expense Items............................................................... 48 260606. OHA Advance Payment ................................................................................... 48

260607. Service Member Occupying a Government Trailer or Rental Guarantee Housing and OHA ............................................................................................ 51

260608. OHA and Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) (DSSR ?130) Paid Concurrently . 260609. Observer to a UN Peacekeeping Organization................................................. 51

2607 FAMILY SEPARATION HOUSING (FSH) ALLOWANCE .................................... 51

260701. Administration of FSH Allowance................................................................... 51 Table 26-25 Conditions Affecting FSH................................................................................ 53

2608 GOVERNMENT QUARTERS.................................................................................... 54

260801. 260802. 260803.

Responsibility for Assignment or Termination ................................................ 54 Government Quarters Assigned or Occupied................................................... 55 Government Quarters Designated as Inadequate ............................................. 58

2609 PRIVATIZED HOUSING ........................................................................................... 59

2610 ASSIGNMENT SITUATIONS ................................................................................... 59

261001. Service Member Without-dependent................................................................ 59 Table 26-26. BAH or OHA Accrual for Service Member Without-dependent Entitled to Basic Pay .......................................................................................................... 62

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261002. Service Member With-dependent..................................................................... 64 Table 26-27. BAH or OHA for a Service Member Entitled to Basic Pay With-dependent .. 67 261003. Service Member with Acquired Dependent ..................................................... 68

Table 26-28. Changes in BAH or OHA when a Service Member Assigned in the CONUS Acquires a Dependent ...................................................................................... 68

Table 26-29. Changes in BAH or OHA when a Service Member Assigned OCONUS Acquires a Dependent ...................................................................................... 70

Table 26-30. FSH Eligibility--Service Member Assigned to a PDS OCONUS .................. 71 261004. Service Member With-dependent Serves Unaccompanied or Dependent-Restricted Tour or "Unusually Arduous Sea Duty" ...................... 71

Table 26-31. Dependent Visits Service Member who is Serving an Unaccompanied or Dependent-Restricted Tour .............................................................................. 72

Table 26-32. Dependent Retains Permanent Residence when Service Member Assigned to Unaccompanied or Dependent-Restricted Tour at a PDS OCONUS or

"Unusually Arduous Sea Duty" Outside the United States.............................. 74 Table 26-33. Dependent Relocates when Service Member Assigned to Unaccompanied or

Dependent-Restricted Tour at a PDS OCONUS or "Unusually Arduous Sea Duty" Outside the United States ...................................................................... 75 261005. Reserve Component (RC) Member .................................................................. 79 261006. Government Defers Dependent Travel ............................................................ 83 Table 26-34. Changes when Government Defers Dependent Travel to Duty Station OCONUS ......................................................................................................... 83 Table 26-35. Government Defers Dependent's Travel to PDS in the CONUS for 139 or Fewer Days and Old PDS is in the United States ............................................ 85 Table 26-36. Government Defers Dependent's Travel to PDS in the CONUS when the Old PDS is Outside the United States or the Old PDS is in the United States and the Expected Travel Delay is 140 or More Days (20 Weeks)................................ 86 261007. Dependent Travels Before or After Service Member ...................................... 87 Table 26-37. Advance Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old PDS and New PDS Are in the United States (BAH Area)............................................................... 88 Table 26-38. Advance Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old PDS is in the United States (BAH Area), New PDS is Outside the United States (OHA Area) ....... 89 Table 26-39. Advance Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old PDS is Outside the United States (OHA Area), New PDS is in the United States (BAH Area) .... 90 Table 26-40. Advance Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old and New PDS are Outside the United States (OHA Area) ............................................................ 90 Table 26-41. Delayed Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old PDS and New PDS Are in the United States (BAH area)................................................................ 91 Table 26-42. Delayed Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old PDS in the United States (BAH Area), New PDS Outside the United States (OHA Area)........... 92 Table 26-43. Delayed Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old PDS Outside the United States (OHA Area), New PDS in the United States (BAH Area) ........ 93 Table 26-44. Delayed Dependent Travel when Service Member's Old and New PDS are Outside the United States (OHA Area) ............................................................ 95 261008. Early Return of Dependent............................................................................... 96

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261009. Evacuation of a Service Member's PDS .......................................................... 97 261010. Service Member in Transit ............................................................................... 99 Table 26-45. Housing Allowance for Service Member in Transit on a PCS....................... 102 Table 26-46. Housing Allowance for Service Member in Transit for New Accession....... 103

Table 26-47. Housing Allowance for Service Member in Transit for Final Discharge, Separation, or Retirement............................................................................... 104

261011. Service Member in a Missing Status .............................................................. 105 261012. Service Member in Confinement ................................................................... 106 261013. Housing Allowance Following Service Member's Death.............................. 107

261014. Housing Flexibility for Certain Armed Forces Members With-dependents, Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Within the United States (37 USC ?403a). Effective for PCS departures on or after October 1 2018.............................. 108

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