The average amount of housing subsidies the Defense Department will give out to service members in 2022 is increasing substantially compared to previous years. The Pentagon says the mean increase of basic allowance for housing (BAH) will go up by 5.1{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9}, a wide jump from the past two years, which have averaged just below 3{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9}. DoD will spend $25.6 billion on BAH for 2022. Depending on grade and dependency status, service members will see BAH go up by a range of $74 to $168. Allowances will not decrease. “The department is committed to the preservation of a compensation and benefit structure that provides members with an adequate standard of living…