The Armed Forces announced plans in March to create a new housing allowance that is based on salary, rather than where a soldier is posted.
It was estimated the move would make thousands of people eligible for the new allowance while cutting off thousands of others.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.In an update to members, the director general of compensation and benefits says an interim program will phase out the old benefit with decreasing payments until July 2026.
Brig.-Gen. Virginia Tattersall says eligible members will be enrolled automatically and should get a lump-sum payment to cover the summer months sometime in the fall.
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