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Canadian Armed Forces to phase out old housing benefit over three years
Canada’s military has created a new program to gradually phase out its old housing benefit after hearing feedback from members who were set to lose the payments.
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.
The military said that would result in a savings of $30 million a year.