{"id":21,"date":"2016-03-16T13:38:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/veterans.utdev2.wpengine.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:36:01","slug":"basic-allowance-for-housing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/basic-allowance-for-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Allowance for Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<p><strong>The Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)<\/strong> is a U.S.-based allowance prescribed by geographic duty location, pay grade, and dependency status. It provides uniformed Service members with equitable housing compensation based on housing costs in local civilian housing markets within the United States when government quarters are not provided. A uniformed service member stationed outside the U.S., including U.S. territories and possessions, not furnished government housing, is eligible for Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA).<\/p>\n<p>This BAH is provided to Chapter 33 post-9\/11 service members, their dependents, and spouses who are not on active duty unless the spouse is also a service member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To receive the full benefit you must be enrolled full time and at 100% entitlement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The benefit decreases from \u00be time to \u00bd time and is not payable for less than half time. . For example, if you are enrolled full time but only receiving 90% of the entitlement, then you would receive 90% of the full-time payable BAH.<\/p>\n<p>The student will also receive the BAH if enrolled in online classes. If you are taking all your classes online, you will receive BAH at 50% of the national average. If you are enrolled in a combination of online and standard classroom instruction, you will receive the BAH based on entitlement and training time rate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/veterans\/training-time\/\">More information about full time enrollment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box-light card  tx brd-\"><\/p>\n<p>To see the BAH rate please use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travel.dod.mil\/Allowances\/Basic-Allowance-for-Housing\/BAH-Rate-Lookup\/\">BAH Calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Knoxville UT area zip code 37996- Pay Grade E-5 with dependents)<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) is a U.S.-based allowance prescribed by geographic duty location, pay grade, and dependency status. 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