§2892a — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§2892a Access by tenants to historical maintenance information

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 V— - OVERSIGHT OF LANDLORDS AND PROTECTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TENANTS OF PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING › § 2892a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Landlords or property owners who rent out a unit must give a person applying to rent a unit a short report of all maintenance done on that unit for the past seven years at least five business days before asking them to sign the lease. If the applicant asks for more details, the owner must provide all records they have about those seven years within two business days. If someone becomes a tenant and did not get this information while applying, they can ask for it later and must get it within five business days of asking. "Maintenance" also includes any renovations during that seven-year period.

Title 10, §2892a

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary concerned shall require each eligible entity or subsequent landlord that offers for lease a housing unit to provide to a prospective tenant of the housing unit—

(1)not later than five business days before the prospective tenant is asked to sign the lease, a summary of maintenance conducted with respect to that housing unit for the previous seven years; and

(2)not later than two business days after the prospective tenant requests additional information regarding maintenance conducted with respect to that housing unit during such period, all information possessed by the eligible entity or subsequent landlord regarding such maintenance conducted during such period.

(b)A tenant of a housing unit who did not receive maintenance information described in subsection (a) regarding that housing unit while a prospective tenant may request such maintenance information and shall receive such maintenance information not later than five business days after the making the request.

(c)In the section, the term “maintenance” includes any renovations of the housing unit during the period specified in subsection (a)(1).

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Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 added section text and struck out former text which read as follows: “The Secretary concerned shall require each eligible entity or subsequent landlord that offers for lease a housing unit to provide to a prospective tenant of the housing unit, before the prospective tenant moves into the housing unit as a tenant, all information regarding maintenance conducted with respect to that housing unit for the previous seven years. In this section, the term ‘maintenance’ includes any renovations of the housing unit during such period.”