Is a lease required to get bah?

2021-10-27T13:01:03-04:00

My son and his wife have been waiting for over 5 months since he turned in his paperwork for bah. One thing that sticks out to me is his first line nco told him he didn't need a signed lease agreement. He has had to resubmit his paperwork multiple times now.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 27 at 2021 1:28 PM

2021-10-27T13:28:45-04:00

Someone will pounce on me if I'm wrong, but if he's married, and it's already tracked as such he's already getting the most out of BAH he's going to get. He's going to get BAH with a dependent. Lease nor not. Yes?

I mean......... is the wife staying in the barracks as well?????

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 27 at 2021 1:31 PM

2021-10-27T13:31:29-04:00

Follow up question............

Is he trying to update his BAH location? Is he moving from say a low paying BAH to a high paying BAH?

Response by SSgt Christophe Murphy made Oct 27 at 2021 2:37 PM

2021-10-27T14:37:56-04:00

A lease has nothing to do with him getting BAH. BAH is based off of him being married and all of the checks in the boxes that come with that like registering in DEERs. The good news is that it will get back dated to what's on the marriage license but 5 months is longer than normal. He needs to move this higher up the food chain if his current NCO has had it for action for months without improvement.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 27 at 2021 5:24 PM

2021-10-27T17:24:24-04:00

If he's active duty he doesn't need a lease. Finance has just lost his paperwork over and over. A lease is needed for Reserve Component who have been activated