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Start Preamble
AGENCY:
Office of the Under Secretary (Personnel and Readiness), Department of Defense (DoD).
Start Printed Page 6879ACTION:
Notice of housing price inflation adjustment.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Defense is announcing the 2020 rent threshold under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Applying the inflation adjustment for 2020, the maximum monthly rental amount as of January 1, 2021, will be $4,089.62.
DATES:
These housing price inflation adjustments are effective January 1, 2021.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lt. Col. Patrick Schwomeyer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, (703) 692-8170.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY 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 2020, the maximum monthly rental amount for 50 U.S.C. App. 3951(a)(1)(A)(ii) as of January 1, 2021, will be $4,089.62.
Start SignatureDated: January 19, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-01481 Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 5001-06-P
Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 1/1/2021
- Published:
- 01/25/2021
- Department:
- Defense Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of housing price inflation adjustment.
- Document Number:
- 2021-01481
- Dates:
- These housing price inflation adjustments are effective January 1, 2021.
- Pages:
- 6878-6879 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
- 2021-01481.pdf