Does anyone know when the 2008 BAH rates will come out, or what they are?

there will be an ALCOAST announcing the new rates...keep yer eye out for it.

the new rates will come out and Rent will continue to rise here in the bay area, allready up 12% and news talking about another 15-20% hike in rental rates by the end of 08, the bad part is they have allready done the rental quary and it probobly wont show the new higher costs of rentals since more people are renting due to the bubble pop and forcloseing on homes.

New rates are announced in mid December.

http://www.military.com/military/benefits/0,15465,2008-...y-pay-charts,00.html

Here is the 2008 proposed pay chart.

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Originally posted by herculies:
Does anyone know when the 2008 BAH rates will come out, or what they are?

I am guessing they may be released next friday.

I'm not sure why but they seem to wait until the last second to release the BAH and COLA rates, I think it may be closer to the end of the year before they are released.

They wait until the last second every year to post the new BAH rates. Its so annoying, since I'm sure they've known for awhile now what the new rates will be. I don't understand why we now what our pay raise is in July, but never find out about the new BAH rates until around Dec 20 every year.

According to the site Dec 12th is the date new rates will come out.

Lets see how much Seattle goes down again. 2007 went down 4.5%

They are out!

http://perdiem.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bah.html

Yay! $57 increase for me in DC Now I might get cable tv lol.

Yes a $200 increase for those in Boston.

There was a decrease of $94 for E-6 in New London, CT which is funny since rent prices havent changed and electricity in this area has went up 28% this year and heating oil is up 35% from a year ago. While all of the other surrounding areas(RI, New Haven, Boston,etc...) got an increase. Somebody isnt doing their job somewhere....Thank god for BAH protection.

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Originally posted by edany77:
There was a decrease of $94 for E-6 in New London, CT which is funny since rent prices havent changed and electricity in this area has went up 28% this year and heating oil is up 35% from a year ago. While all of the other surrounding areas(RI, New Haven, Boston,etc...) got an increase. Somebody isnt doing their job somewhere....Thank god for BAH protection.

Wow sorry to hear that. You would be surprised how much those surveys and housing officers input make on the BAH.

Here are the lastest and greatest

http://perdiem.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bah.html

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Originally posted by THEGEARS:
Here are the lastest and greatest

http://perdiem.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bah.html

Your a little late.

That website must be getting slammed, wont even load for me, lol.

Got it to work. THANK GOD they corrected the OAKLAND BAH!


2008:
E-6 with DEPENDENTS: E-6 without DEPENDENTS:
$ 2169.00 $ 1627.00

2007:
E-6 with DEPENDENTS: E-6 without DEPENDENTS:
$ 1824.00 $ 1372.00

I wish somebody would pull their ****ing head out of their ****ing *** and get the Seattle BAH right!

How do they come up with these figures? In San Francisco E-6 with dependents went down $85, w/o dependents went up around $150. The 2008 rate for S.F. is now $2685 with, and 2404 w/o.

In Los Angeles the rate for E-6 with went up to $2524 with and $1893 w/o. So my question is, why do they feel in Los Angeles the differece between with and without dependent rate is close to $700 but in San Francisco the difference is only $223.I just don't understand how they felt the need to raise the S.F. w/o rate $150, but with rate goes down $85.

I definitely agree that Oakland finally got there rate a little closer to what is appropriate, but there just seems to be zero logic in how they determine these rates.