Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§2880 Unit size and type
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 › § 2880
Summary
The responsible Secretary must make sure military family housing and unaccompanied housing bought or built under this part have about the same layout and size as similar homes in the local area. Sections 2826 and 2856 of this title do not apply to those housing units.
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Title 10, §2880
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(a)The Secretary concerned shall ensure that the room patterns and floor areas of military family housing units and military unaccompanied housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter are generally comparable to the room patterns and floor areas of similar housing units in the locality concerned.
(b)section 2826 and 2856 of this title shall not apply to military family housing or military unaccompanied housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter.
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2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–364 substituted “section 2826 and 2856” for “(1) section 2826”, inserted “or military unaccompanied housing” after “military family housing”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “The
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prescribed under section 2856 of this title shall not apply to any military unaccompanied housing unit acquired or constructed under this subchapter.” 2003—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108–136 struck out “unless the unit is located on a military installation” before period at end.
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10 U.S.C. § 2880
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73