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Hi, I looked at the table for LQA's per location. I see for instance locations in europe where monthly LQA (if I'm reading correctly) are over $2000/month, even for a single person. Does that mean that you can rent a place for up to that amount? I assume that you get only the amount you need for rent, so that anything over that amount and up to the limit is "lost"? Thanks in advance for the info.

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tony75 Sorry, re-reading myself I find that I wasn't very clear on what I was asking. My question is whether or not it's better for the employee to rent the best place he/she can find up to the allowable LQA, rather than skimp, since the employee (I assume) don't get to pocket the difference?
Sep 26, 2018
haha Yes, you can spend up to the allowable amount, so in theory you generally try and get the "best" place that you can, while making sure that you will not go out of pocket for utilities.

In practice, sometimes there aren't really any places that much better than something with rent much lower than you could afford. In Germany we didn't come ...See More
Sep 26, 2018
tony75 Hi haha. Thanks for the precisions: they are really useful. It's not about using the max for the sake of using it, but rather to be able to gauge at current exchange rates, what amount is available against local rental prices, especially for a house.
Sep 26, 2018
haha No problem. I really have not heard of a location with DoDEA where the LQA would not allow you a nice to very nice living situation. In Germany we had a 3 bedroom multi level house with stand up attic and 3 room basement, good size yard, enclosed garage (and a beautiful view) for under 1000 euros. I guess if the location is closer to an urban area ...See More
Sep 26, 2018


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