Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§2824 Authorization for acquisition of existing family housing in lieu of construction
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 169— - MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › § 2824
Summary
Allows the military secretary to buy existing family housing instead of building new units — domestically as full ownership, abroad as partial ownership. The purchase can include land, must meet the size limits in section 2826 (waivable for buys made in the five years starting February 10, 1996), and cannot use eminent domain.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §2824
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In lieu of constructing any family housing units authorized by law to be constructed, the Secretary concerned may acquire sole interest in existing family housing units that are privately owned or that are held by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, except that in foreign countries the Secretary concerned may acquire less than sole interest in existing family housing units.
(b)When authority provided by law to construct military family housing units is used to acquire existing family housing units under subsection (a), the authority includes authority to acquire interests in land.
(c)The net floor area of a family housing unit acquired under the authority of this section may not exceed the applicable limitation specified in section 2826 of this title. The Secretary concerned may waive the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence to family housing units acquired under this section during the five-year period beginning on February 10, 1996.
(d)Family housing units may not be acquired under this section through the exercise of eminent domain authority.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–201 substituted “February 10, 1996” for “the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996”. Pub. L. 104–106 inserted at end “The Secretary concerned may waive the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence to family housing units acquired under this section during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
For
Effective Date
and applicability of section, see section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97–214, set out as a note under section 2801 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 2824
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73