10 U.S.C. § 2874: Leasing of housing

§2874 Leasing of Housing

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 169 — MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER IV — ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING › § 2874

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The appropriate military Secretary can rent housing that they find suitable to use as homes for military families or as housing for service members without dependents. Any units rented this way must be used for those military housing purposes. Leases can last as long as the Secretary decides. The contract can also allow the property owner to operate and maintain the housing.

Title 10, §2874

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(a)Lease Authorized.—

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)Use of Leased Units.—

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

(c)Lease Terms.—

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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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).