---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2891b"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2891b"
heading: "Considerations of eligible entity housing history in contracts for privatized military housing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2891b"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 169 — Military Construction and Military Family Housing"
  - "Subchapter V — Oversight of Landlords and Protections and Responsibilities for Tenants of Privatized Military Housing"
---

# §2891b. Considerations of eligible entity housing history in contracts for privatized military housing

- (a) **Consideration Required.—** To assist in making a determination whether to enter into a new contract, or renew an existing contract, with an [eligible entity](/usc/10/4951.md?p=1), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall develop a standard process by which the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) may evaluate the past performance of the [eligible entity](/usc/10/4951.md?p=1) for purposes of informing future decisions regarding the award of such a contract.
- (b) **Elements of Process.—** The process developed under [subsection (a)](#a) shall include, at a minimum, consideration of the following:
  - (1) Any history of the [eligible entity](/usc/10/4951.md?p=1) of providing substandard housing.
  - (2) The recommendation of the commander of the installation for which housing units will be provided under the contract.
  - (3) The recommendation of the commander of any other installation for which the [eligible entity](/usc/10/4951.md?p=1) has provided housing units.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXX, § 3015, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1927.)