§2874 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§2874 Leasing of housing

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 IV— - ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING › § 2874

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary in charge may sign contracts to lease housing that they find suitable for military family housing or housing for unaccompanied service members. Leased units must be used for the proper type of military housing, and leases can run for any length of time the Secretary decides and may let the owner run and maintain the property.

Title 10, §2874

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(a)The Secretary concerned may enter into contracts for the lease of housing units that the Secretary determines are suitable for use as military family housing or military unaccompanied housing.

(b)The Secretary concerned shall utilize housing units leased under this section as military family housing or military unaccompanied housing, as appropriate.

(c)A contract under this section may be for any period that the Secretary concerned determines appropriate and may provide for the owner of the leased property to operate and maintain the property.

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Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–314, § 2802(b)(2), in section catchline struck out “to be constructed” after “Leasing of housing”. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–314, § 2802(b)(1)(B), added subsec. (a) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: “The Secretary concerned may enter into contracts for the lease of military family housing units or military unaccompanied housing units to be constructed under this subchapter.” Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 107–314, § 2802(b)(1), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).