Sec. 2871. Joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for military installations in Hawaii
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local stakeholders (to the maximum extent practicable) shall conduct a joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for each military installation in Hawaii. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on each joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis conducted under subsection
(a)that includes— an analysis of the extent to which military installations in Hawaii have affected the availability of housing in communities in proximity to such military installations; the number of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents residing in privately-owned housing located outside of such military installations; a cost-benefit analysis of implementing a requirement for each member of the Armed Forces assigned to a duty station in Hawaii to reside in housing located on the military installation to which such member is assigned; an assessment of strategies to reduce the effect of members of the Armed Forces and dependents of such members on the availability of rental housing in such communities, including strategies to provide such members and dependents with alternative housing options; the optimal stock and occupancy rate of military housing units in Hawaii, as determined by the Secretary; an estimate of the cost to the United States to maintain such optimal stock and occupancy rate; an assessment of the feasibility of expanding housing located on military installations in Hawaii to create housing intended to be occupied by civilian employees and contractors of the Department of Defense; an identification of limitations and challenges, if any, to data collection and analysis in carrying out such joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis; strategies to— address such limitations and challenges; and standardize methods of data collection and analysis for conducting a Housing Requirements and Market Analysis under section 2837 of title 10, United States Code; an assessment of the feasibility and value of the Secretary conducting a joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for each military installation in Hawaii every two years; and other relevant information, as determined by the Secretary. In this section, the term Housing Requirements and Market Analysis has the meaning given such term in section 2837 of title 10, United States Code.