88 FR 20 pg. 6241 - Publication of Housing Price Inflation Adjustment

Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 20Page: 6241
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-01992 Filed 1-30-23; 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 of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION:

Notice of housing price inflation adjustment.

SUMMARY:

The DoD is announcing the 2023 rent threshold under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Applying the inflation adjustment, the maximum monthly rental amount as of January 1, 2023, is $9,106.46.

DATES:

This housing price inflation adjustment is effective January 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colonel 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 the calendar year 2023, the maximum monthly rental amount for 50 U.S.C. app. 3951 (a)(1)(A)(ii) as of January 1, 2023, will be $9,106.46.

Dated: January 26, 2023.

Aaron T. Siegel,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2023-01992 Filed 1-30-23; 8:45 am]

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