Posted on Jun 1, 2016
Basic Housing Allowance (BAH) may be significantly reduced for all service members
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Another attack on BAH?
Basic Housing Allowance (BAH) may be significantly reduced for all service members
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Can't wait. The worst part is, this won't even create a cost savings, because rental places will just jack the prices up to the max BAH for the area, people won't have any incentive to price-shop at all, and we'll have to hire a bunch of new people to dig through leases and mortgage statements to enforce the new code.
It's not worth the time and effort, and will end up only alienating more people at a time when the Air Force, at least, is trying to sell the idea of bringing in an additional 40-60K people. It'll be tough to retain people by cutting their benefits, let alone recruiting new people.
http://www.cheyenneminuteman.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=83&story_id=5029
It's not worth the time and effort, and will end up only alienating more people at a time when the Air Force, at least, is trying to sell the idea of bringing in an additional 40-60K people. It'll be tough to retain people by cutting their benefits, let alone recruiting new people.
http://www.cheyenneminuteman.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=83&story_id=5029
Air Force chief of staff: 40,000 to 60,000 more airmen needed
As his tenure as Air Force chief of staff winds down, Gen. Mark Welsh is becoming increasingly blunt about where he thinks manpower levels should be and that's at full manning, 40,000 to 60,000 more airmen. Air Force leaders have been advocating for more airmen to sustain the overworked and undermanned force. Its where all the bigger problems stem from,
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Spot on sir. Hell, I know I'd refinance my mortgage to bring up the monthly payment. If it cant go into my pocket, its going to go into my equity!
Unless you call 2-5% over 3 years a significant reduction....And folks living in base quarters will have to contribute up to 5% of BAH monthly towards expenses. Not a big deal as the pendulum is swinging back to cost savings from wartime spending. Semper Fi.
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It becomes a bigger deal when people like me suddenly lose $400 a month because I bought a house where the mortgage was less than my BAH.
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