The 2019 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rate increase is currently proposed at 2.9% according to the Department of Defense’s
FY2019 Defense Budget. The January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2019, average BAH inflation rate assumptions are respectively, 1.7 percent and 2.9 percent on average, reflecting the Department’s move to slow the growth of pay and benefits.
The 2019 BAH increase will be effective on January 1, 2019, and service members would see their first increase in their January 15th, 2019 pay. The actual BAH increase will always vary by area.