[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 18001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06578]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Publication of Housing Price Inflation Adjustment

AGENCY: The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (USD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of housing price inflation adjustment.

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SUMMARY: The DoD is announcing the 2021 rent threshold under the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Applying the inflation adjustment for 
2021, the maximum monthly rental amount as of January 1, 2022, will be 
$4,214.28.

DATES: These housing price inflation adjustments are effective January 
1, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt Col Patrick Schwomeyer, Office of 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, (703) 692-
8170.

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 DoD to adjust this amount 
annually to reflect inflation and to publish the new amount in the 
Federal Register. Applying the inflation adjustment for 2021, the 
maximum monthly rental amount for 50 U.S.C. App. 3951(a)(1)(A)(ii) as 
of January 1, 2022, will be $4,214.28.

    Dated: March 22, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-06578 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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