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White House directs Pentagon to initiate military compensation review

The Pentagon’s QRMC will take at least two years to complete but maybe longer as previous studies have taken as much as 71 months.

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(Getty Images/iStockphoto/MivPiv)Troops in formation.

Service members see a 12% boost in housing allowance

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Pentagon to boost housing stipends in areas where rental costs have ballooned

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House panel sticks with 4.6% military pay raise, but that could change

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DoD’s average housing subsidy sees big increase as real estate continues to get pricier

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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

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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

DoD will spend $23 billion on housing allowances in 2021, for an average increase of just under 3%. But the increases — or decreases — vary dramatically…

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

The Pentagon promises the three most biting provisions left out of the tenant bill of rights will be eventually added.

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

Only about 12,300 service members will receive cost of living adjustments in 2020.

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