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Eight military housing areas will receive an increase in the Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance.

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Implementation of the described CONUS Cost-of-Living Allowance changes for the specified housing areas.

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The War Department has published the 2026 Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) rates. The new rates will take effect Jan. 1, 2026. The official release was posted on Dec. 22, 2025 on the Department of Defense website; consult the linked release for full details and rate tables.
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The Defense Department’s 2026 Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) release (Dec. 22, 2025) explicitly lists eight military housing areas as receiving an increase. The same release also outlines related changes for the year (six MHAs beginning CONUS COLA, two continuing, etc.) and states that the new rates take effect Jan 1, 2026. The claim precisely matches the official wording. Verdict: True — eight MHAs will receive an increase in CONUS COLA per the official DoD release, corroborated by the DoD CONUS COLA rate lookup page.

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  1. Scheduled follow-up · Jan 01, 2026overdue
  2. Completion due · Jan 01, 2026
  3. Update · Dec 23, 2025, 01:49 AMTrue
    The Defense Department’s 2026 Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) release (Dec. 22, 2025) explicitly lists eight military housing areas as receiving an increase. The same release also outlines related changes for the year (six MHAs beginning CONUS COLA, two continuing, etc.) and states that the new rates take effect Jan 1, 2026. The claim precisely matches the official wording. Verdict: True — eight MHAs will receive an increase in CONUS COLA per the official DoD release, corroborated by the DoD CONUS COLA rate lookup page.
  4. Original article · Dec 22, 2025
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