§2835a — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§2835a Use of military family housing constructed under build and lease authority to house other members

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 › § 2835a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If family housing built and leased under the military build-and-lease program is not needed for families, the Secretary in charge can assign service members who have no dependents to live there at no rent. Those assigned will be treated as officially assigned to government quarters. If the housing is more than needed for families long-term, the Secretary can change the lease so the buildings become long-term housing for unaccompanied members. The new lease cannot last longer than whatever time is left on the original lease. The Secretary must send an electronic notice to the appropriate Congressional committees and wait 14 days after sending it before making the change. The same rules apply to housing first obtained under the old Build to Lease program.

Title 10, §2835a

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(a)(1)To the extent that the Secretary concerned determines that military family housing constructed and leased under section 2835 of this title is not needed to house members of the armed forces eligible for assignment to military family housing, the Secretary may assign, without rental charge, members without dependents to the housing.

(2)A member without dependents who is assigned to housing pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be considered to be assigned to quarters pursuant to section 403(e) of title 37.

(b)(1)If the Secretary concerned determines that military family housing constructed and leased under section 2835 of this title is excess to the long-term needs of the family housing program of the Secretary, the Secretary may convert the lease contract entered into under subsection (a) of such section into a long-term lease of military unaccompanied housing.

(2)The term of the lease contract for military unaccompanied housing converted from military family housing under paragraph (1) may not exceed the remaining term of the lease contract for the family housing so converted.

(c)The Secretary concerned may not convert military family housing to military unaccompanied housing under subsection (b) until after the end of the 14-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary submits, in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title, to the appropriate committees of Congress a notice of the intent to undertake the conversion.

(d)This section also shall apply to housing initially acquired or constructed under the former section 2828(g) of this title (commonly known as the “Build to Lease program”), as added by section 801 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 (Public Law 98–115; 97 Stat 782).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 2828(g) of this title (commonly known as the “Build to Lease program”), as added by section 801 of the Military

Construction

Authorization Act, 1984, referred to in subsec. (d), means the subsection (g) added to section 2828 of this title by section 801 of Pub. L. 98–115, which was repealed by Pub. L. 102–190, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2806(b), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1540.

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–92 struck out par. (1) designation before “The Secretary”. 2017—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted “until after the end of the 14-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary submits, in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title, to the appropriate committees of Congress a notice of the intent to undertake the conversion.” for “until—” and struck out subpars. (A) and (B) which required a notice of intent and a wait period and par. (2) which read as follows: “The notice required by paragraph (1) shall include— “(A) an explanation of the reasons for the conversion of the military family housing to military unaccompanied housing; “(B) a description of the long-term lease to be converted; “(C) amounts to be paid under the lease; and “(D) the expiration date of the lease.”