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§2894a Complaint Database

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 169 — MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER V — OVERSIGHT OF LANDLORDS AND PROTECTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TENANTS OF PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING › § 2894a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must create a public database for tenant complaints about covered dwelling units. Tenants may file complaints to be included. Each entry will show the installation name, the landlord’s name, and a short description of the problem. The database must not reveal personally identifiable information. Landlord contracts must require timely responses to complaints, and those responses must be posted in the database. Definitions: "covered armed force" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force. "Covered dwelling unit" means accompanied family housing, unaccompanied housing, or barracks acquired or built under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of this title where a service member lives and does not own the unit. "Tenant" means the service member who lives there or their dependent.

Title 10, §2894a

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(a)Database Required.—

The Secretary of Defense shall establish a database of complaints made by a tenant regarding covered dwelling units.

(b)Public Availability.—

The database shall be available to the public.

(c)Inclusion of Tenant Complaints.—

The Secretary of Defense shall permit a tenant of a covered dwelling unit to file a complaint regarding the covered dwelling unit for inclusion in the database.

(d)Inclusion of Certain Information.—

(1)Information accessible in the database regarding a complaint shall include the following:

(A)The name of the installation for which the covered dwelling unit is provided.

(B)The name of the landlord responsible for the covered dwelling unit.

(C)A description of the nature of the complaint.

(2)The Secretary of Defense may not disclose personally identifiable information through the database.

(e)Response by Landlords.—

(1)The Secretary of Defense shall include in any contract with a landlord responsible for a housing unit a requirement that the landlord respond in a timely manner to any complaints included in the database that relate to the housing unit.

(2)The Secretary shall include landlord responses in the database.

(f)Definitions.—

In this section: (1)

(2)The term “covered dwelling unit” means a unit of accompanied family housing, unaccompanied housing, or barracks—

(A)that is acquired or constructed pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 169 of this title;

(B)in which a member of a covered armed force resides; and

(C)that such member does not own.

(3)The term “tenant” means any of the following:

(A)A member of a covered armed force who resides in a covered dwelling unit.

(B)A dependent of a member described in subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered dwelling unit.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–159, § 2825(a)(1), substituted “by a tenant regarding covered dwelling units” for “regarding housing units”. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 118–159, § 2825(a)(2), substituted “covered dwelling unit” for “housing unit” in two places. Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 118–159, § 2825(a)(3), added subsec. (f).