Terms of use

What this site is

A free reference for 2026 Basic Allowance for Housing rates. There is no account, no subscription and nothing to agree to before reading a rate. Using the site means accepting the terms below.

No affiliation, no authority

This is an independent site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated on behalf of the Department of Defense, the Defense Travel Management Office, any branch of the armed services, or any government agency. References to those bodies identify the source of the published data and nothing more.

Your Leave and Earnings Statement and your servicing finance office determine what you are paid. Nothing here changes an entitlement, and no figure on this site should be treated as a promise of payment.

Accuracy, and its limits

Rates are imported from the official release and checked figure by figure before publishing; the methodology page describes exactly how. Even so, the data is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including as to accuracy, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose.

Do not use this site as the sole basis for a financial decision — signing a lease, accepting orders, or committing to a mortgage. Confirm the figure with your finance office first. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no liability is accepted for any loss arising from reliance on anything published here.

Rates are a snapshot. DTMO revises the table annually and occasionally reissues a single housing area mid-year. A page is current as of its stated effective date, not as of the moment you read it.

Using the data

The underlying rates are a work of the United States government and are not subject to copyright. You may quote, reuse and redistribute the figures freely. Attribution is appreciated but not required; citing the DoD Defense Travel Management Office directly is equally correct.

The site’s own text, layout and code are not part of that release. Bulk automated retrieval that degrades the service for others is not permitted — if you want the whole dataset, download the Excel or CSV export instead, which exists for exactly that purpose.

Advertising

The site is funded by advertising. Advertisements are labelled and placed below the answer, never in place of it. Advertisers have no influence over the published rates. The privacy page explains what advertising means for your data.

Changes and contact

These terms may change; the version in force is the one published here. Questions, corrections and takedown requests go to support@bahratedesk.com.