By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 26, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — The military needs to improve how it determines housing allowances for service members and subsidies for private housing companies after a government report found the Pentagon doled out payments miscalculated by more than $1 million in some cases.
The Government Accountability Office report released Monday delved deep into the Defense Department’s process for collecting data to determine the monthly allowance each service member should receive for housing. The allowance varies based on a service member's geographic location, rank and number of dependents and the report found using incomplete or old data could have resulted in service members receiving miscalculated allowances.