(a) Local Comparability.—In the construction, acquisition, and improvement of military family housing, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that the room patterns and floor areas of military family housing in a particular locality (as designated by the Secretary concerned for purposes of this section) are similar to room patterns and floor areas of similar housing in the private sector in that locality.
(b) Requests for Authority for Military Family Housing.—(1) In submitting to Congress a request for authority to carry out the construction, acquisition, or improvement of military family housing, the Secretary concerned shall include in the request information on the net floor area of each unit of military family housing to be constructed, acquired, or improved under the authority.
(2) In this subsection, the term “net floor area”, in the case of a military family housing unit, means the total number of square feet of the floor space inside the exterior walls of the unit, excluding the floor area of an unfinished basement, an unfinished attic, a utility space, a garage, a carport, an open or insect-screened porch, a stairwell, and any space used for a solar-energy system.
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 169— MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER II— MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
§ 2822. Requirement for authorization of number of family housing units
§ 2824. Authorization for acquisition of existing family housing in lieu of construction
§ 2825. Improvements to family housing units
§ 2826. Military family housing: local comparability of room patterns and floor areas
§ 2827. Relocation of military family housing units
§ 2828. Leasing of military family housing
§ 2829. Multi-year contracts for supplies and services
§ 2831. Military family housing management account
§ 2832. Homeowners assistance program
§ 2833. Family housing support
§ 2834. Participation in Department of State housing pools
§ 2835. Long-term leasing of military family housing to be constructed
§ 2836. Military housing rental guarantee program
§ 2837. Housing Requirements and Market Analysis
§ 2838. Leasing of military family housing to Secretary of Defense