Every Overseas Housing Allowance rental ceiling DTMO publishes for United Kingdom — 27 DTMO localities, all pay grades, with and without dependents, in GBP and dollars — from the table effective 16 July 2026, with the £831 utility allowance and £502 MIHA/Miscellaneous that apply across the country.
Rates last verified September 2026 against the published source tables.
Three parts. The rental allowance reimburses the rent on an approved lease up to the ceiling for your pay grade and locality — it is a cap on actual rent, not a stipend, so rent below the ceiling is simply never paid. The utility and recurring maintenance allowance is a flat £831 ($1,148) a month for every locality in United Kingdom, paid whatever the bills come to. MIHA/Miscellaneous is £502 ($693), paid once on moving into private housing, without receipts, to every member who draws OHA.
Dependents. DTMO prints one table, for members with dependents, and states the other rule beside it: a member without dependents receives 90% of the with-dependents ceiling. At Lakenheath/Mildenhall an E-5 with dependents has a ceiling of £1,685 ($2,328); without dependents it is £1,517 ($2,096).
Grade groups. The table prices grade groups, and the groups are DTMO's: W-5 is paid at the O-5 column, W-4, W-3 and O-3E at O-4, W-2, O-2E and O-1E at O-3, W-1 at O-2, and E-2 and E-1 at the E-3 column. The table stops at O-6; an O-7 or above is shown here at the O-6 column, which is what DTMO's one table that prints an O-7 column pays as well.
Every ceiling in United Kingdom is set in british pounds from DTMO's rental survey, and paid in dollars at the pay-system exchange rate in Appendix K Part II of the JTR. The dollar figures on this page use the current rate of £1 = $1.381406 (0.724 GBP to the dollar), in effect since 1 July 2026 and applied to the pay period beginning 1 September 2026.
The rate is reviewed on the 1st and 16th of every month, so the dollar amount on your LES moves fortnightly while the GBP ceiling stays put. The GBP figures themselves come from the table effective 16 July 2026; DTMO reviews rental ceilings every six months, the utility allowance annually and MIHA on its triennial move-in expense survey.
OHA is paid for the locality of the residence, not the installation, and DTMO identifies each with a code — GB352 is Lakenheath/Mildenhall. Where DTMO has no separate entry for a town, the table's "other" row for the region applies; United Kingdom prints 1 of them. 19 localities on the table cover more places than their name says, and DTMO lists them in footnotes — Alconbury, Bath, Cheltenham and others — reproduced under the table below.
Whether you draw OHA at all is the housing office's call: where adequate government quarters are available you may be assigned to them, and OHA starts only when a lease the office has approved starts. The weeks before that are paid under Temporary Lodging Allowance, not OHA. Rent above the ceiling is yours; rent below it saves the government, not you; and two members sharing a unit split the rent between them and each claim their own share against their own ceiling. MIHA/Rent and MIHA/Security exist beside MIHA/Miscellaneous and are claimed against documented costs, so they are not on this page.
| Allowance | British Pound (GBP) | In dollars | How it is paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utility and recurring maintenance allowance | £831 | $1,148 | Monthly, flat, whatever the bills come to |
| MIHA/Miscellaneous | £502 | $693 | Once, on moving into private housing, no receipts |
| Locality | DTMO code | E-5 with dependents | In dollars | E-5 without dependents | In dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alconbury | GB001 | £1,550 | $2,141 | £1,395 | $1,927 |
| Aldermaston | GB011 | £1,622 | $2,241 | £1,460 | $2,017 |
| Bath | GB058 | £1,500 | $2,072 | £1,350 | $1,865 |
| Cambridge | GB153 | £1,944 | $2,685 | £1,750 | $2,417 |
| Cheltenham | GB179 | £1,695 | $2,341 | £1,526 | $2,108 |
| Fairford | GB251 | £1,972 | $2,724 | £1,775 | $2,452 |
| Harrogate/Menwith Hill | GB313 | £1,667 | $2,303 | £1,500 | $2,072 |
| Helston | GB318 | £1,050 | $1,450 | £945 | $1,305 |
| High Wycombe/Daws Hill | GB319 | £1,900 | $2,625 | £1,710 | $2,362 |
| Lakenheath/Mildenhall | GB352 | £1,685 | $2,328 | £1,517 | $2,096 |
| London | GB380 | £3,222 | $4,451 | £2,900 | $4,006 |
| Other England | GB883 | £1,940 | $2,680 | £1,746 | $2,412 |
| Oxford | GB490 | £2,700 | $3,730 | £2,430 | $3,357 |
| Plymouth | GB496 | £1,350 | $1,865 | £1,215 | $1,678 |
| Portland | GB508 | £1,350 | $1,865 | £1,215 | $1,678 |
| Portsmouth | GB514 | £1,333 | $1,841 | £1,200 | $1,658 |
| RAF Croughton | GB218 | £2,079 | $2,872 | £1,871 | $2,585 |
| RAF Digby | GB865 | £1,450 | $2,003 | £1,305 | $1,803 |
| Rochester | GB517 | £828 | $1,144 | £745 | $1,029 |
| Salisbury/Wilton MOD Housing | GB518 | £728 | $1,006 | £655 | $905 |
| Salisbury/Wilton non-MOD Housing | GB521 | £1,260 | $1,741 | £1,134 | $1,567 |
| Scotland | GB884 | £2,292 | $3,166 | £2,063 | $2,850 |
| St Mawgan MOD Housing | GB497 | £700 | $967 | £630 | $870 |
| St Mawgan non-MOD Housing | GB559 | £915 | $1,264 | £824 | $1,138 |
| Wales | GB885 | £1,050 | $1,450 | £945 | $1,305 |
| Welford | GB612 | £1,600 | $2,210 | £1,440 | $1,989 |
| Yeovilton | GB676 | £1,200 | $1,658 | £1,080 | $1,492 |
| Pay grades | With dependents | In dollars | Without dependents (90%) | In dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O-6 | £3,000 | $4,144 | £2,700 | $3,730 |
| O-5 / W-5 | £2,600 | $3,592 | £2,340 | $3,232 |
| O-4 / W-4 / W-3 / O-3E | £2,350 | $3,246 | £2,115 | $2,922 |
| O-3 / W-2 / O-2E / O-1E | £1,931 | $2,667 | £1,738 | $2,401 |
| O-2 / W-1 | £1,685 | $2,328 | £1,517 | $2,096 |
| O-1 | £1,685 | $2,328 | £1,517 | $2,096 |
| E-9 | £2,350 | $3,246 | £2,115 | $2,922 |
| E-8 | £1,931 | $2,667 | £1,738 | $2,401 |
| E-7 | £1,931 | $2,667 | £1,738 | $2,401 |
| E-6 | £1,931 | $2,667 | £1,738 | $2,401 |
| E-5 | £1,685 | $2,328 | £1,517 | $2,096 |
| E-4 | £1,389 | $1,919 | £1,250 | $1,727 |
| E-3 / E-2 / E-1 | £1,389 | $1,919 | £1,250 | $1,727 |
RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall price under Lakenheath/Mildenhall (GB352). RAF Croughton prices under RAF Croughton (GB218). RAF Alconbury prices under Alconbury (GB001). RAF Fairford prices under Fairford (GB251). RAF Menwith Hill prices under Harrogate/Menwith Hill (GB313). The locality is decided by where you live, not where you work, so a member who rents in a town with its own DTMO entry is paid at that entry's ceiling; the housing office confirms the code on the lease.
It depends on the locality. DTMO's table effective 16 July 2026 sets E-5 with-dependents rental ceilings in United Kingdom from £700 ($967) a month at St Mawgan MOD Housing to £3,222 ($4,451) at London. At Lakenheath/Mildenhall it is £1,685 ($2,328). Without dependents the ceiling is 90% of that figure, and the utility allowance of £831 ($1,148) is paid on top.
A rental ceiling of £1,931 ($2,667) a month with dependents, or £1,738 ($2,401) without, plus the £831 ($1,148) utility allowance. The O-3 column also pays W-2, O-2E and O-1E. The rental portion reimburses actual rent up to that ceiling, so an O-3 renting for less receives less.
The ceiling is set in GBP and paid in dollars. DTMO converts it at the pay-system rate in Appendix K Part II — £1 = $1.381406 since 1 July 2026 — and reviews that rate on the 1st and 16th of each month, so the dollar figure on your LES moves while the GBP ceiling does not. The dollar figures on this page use the rate for the pay period beginning 1 September 2026.
One figure each for the whole country: a utility and recurring maintenance allowance of £831 ($1,148) a month, paid flat, and a MIHA/Miscellaneous payment of £502 ($693), paid once when you move into private housing and requiring no receipts. Neither varies by pay grade or by dependents. MIHA/Rent and MIHA/Security are separate, claimed against documented costs through the housing office.
You are reimbursed your actual rent and the rest of the ceiling is never paid — it is not banked and it does not appear on your LES as a loss. An E-5 with dependents at Lakenheath/Mildenhall whose ceiling is £1,685 ($2,328) and who rents for £1,350 ($1,865) forfeits the difference every month. Rent above the ceiling comes out of pocket.
On the 1st and 16th of the month, when DTMO posts station allowance changes and re-sets the exchange rate. Underneath that, rental ceilings are reviewed against the rental survey every six months, the utility allowance annually, and MIHA every three years. This page is built from DTMO's table effective 16 July 2026, downloaded 2 September 2026; confirm the current figure at the DTMO OHA rate lookup before signing a lease.