allowance
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The law provided for $2.9 billion in funding "to supplement the basic allowance for housing" for members of the military.
From Barron's
Don’t miss: ‘I’ve been kept in poverty’: Do I take a $70K job at 74 and lose my Section 8 housing allowance?
From MarketWatch
Be aware that standard estate laws do not automatically consider rent as a mortgage contribution for a house they will eventually own, unless you explicitly structure your estate plan to make allowances for this.
From MarketWatch
But he said a coach who met Bell’s mother reported back that she wanted a monthly allowance of $6,000 and a house—a request Steigh deemed “just crazy.”
Less than half used dental, vision, gym memberships, or over-the-counter medication benefits, and less than 10% used benefits like hearing, grocery allowance or meal delivery, the Commonwealth Fund found.
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