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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, a housing development stands in El Dorado Hills, Calif. California voters have rejected a proposal to partially dismantle the state’s cap on property taxes, a move that would have have raised taxes for many businesses in a pandemic-hobbled economy. Since 1978, California has limited tax increases to 2% a year until a property is sold. With prices climbing at a much higher rate, taxpayers who have held homes and businesses for many years pay far less than what the market value would determine. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

DoD temporarily raising housing subsidies for some troops as markets continue to climb

Some troops could get as much as a 20% hike. The benefits would last from Oct. 1 to the end of the year.

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(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)Senior Master Sgt. Paul Kalle, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, speaks with a family during a Deployed Spouses Dinner Feb. 18, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The monthly event is a free dinner at Georgia Pines Dining Facility designed as a ‘thank you’ for each families’ support and sacrifice while their spouse is deployed or on a remote assignment. The dinner, occurring on every third Tuesday of the month, provides an opportunity for spouses to interact with other families of deployed Airmen, key spouses and unit leadership, as well as provide a break for the spouse while military sponsor is deployed. The next Deployed Spouses Dinner will be March 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

Some lawmakers want to rethink military benefits as service member families go hungry

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Here’s where military housing allowances are rising, falling the most in 2021

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DoD promises more housing rights for military tenants, questions on BAH arise

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Number of service members eligible for COLA continues to drop in 2020

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FILE - This Feb. 7, 2018, file photo shows the skyline in Austin, Texas. For more than a year, cities around the country, including Austin, waited in suspense over whether they'd be chosen as Amazon's second home. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Amazon announced that it had picked for its new East Coast headquarters the New York neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens as well as a suburb of Washington, in Arlington, Va. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Austin tops areas with large military housing allowance increases in 2020

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Senate considering cuts to military housing allowance for second year in a row

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5 personnel issues affecting military families in the House NDAA

The House defense authorization bill brought up some important issues for those in the military and their loved ones. Find out what could affect you in…

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Service members and families feeling the pinch from hiring freeze, despite exemptions

Top military service officials President Trump’s federal hiring freeze is causing problems for those in the military.

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This Tuesday, May 24, 2016, photo shows a home for sale in Andover, Mass. On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for April is released. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Air Force punches back at Senate plan to change military housing allowance

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The Air Force’s top enlisted officer is appealing to the Senate to reconsider its provision changing the Basic Allowance for Housing.

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