83 FR 26 pg. 5409 - Publication of Housing Price Inflation Adjustment
Type: NOTICEVolume: 83Number: 26Page: 5409
Page: 5409FR document: [FR Doc. 2018-02390 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
Agency: Defense Department
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Publication of Housing Price Inflation Adjustment
AGENCY:
Office of the Under Secretary (Personnel and Readiness), DoD.
ACTION:
Notice of housing price inflation adjustment.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Defense is announcing the 2018 rent threshold under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
DATES:
This notice is valid January 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lt. Col. Reggie D. Yager, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, (703) 571-9301.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as codified at 50 U.S.C. App. 3951, prohibits a landlord from evicting a Service member (or the Service member's family) from a residence during a period of military service except by court order. The law as originally passed by Congress applied to dwellings with monthly rents of $2,400 or less. The law requires the Department of Defense to adjust this amount annually to reflect inflation and to publish the new amount in the Federal Register . Applying the inflation adjustment for 2017, the maximum monthly rental amount for 50 U.S.C. App. 3951 (a)(1)(A)(ii) as of January 1, 2018, will be $3,716.73.
Dated: February 1, 2018.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-02390 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
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