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Military housing

Housing for servicemembers, with SCRA built in

Keep servicemember lease records, signing packets, and rent activity easy to follow as assignments change.

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Military housingSCRA-aware leasing for servicemember tenants.

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Keep servicemember records in view

Common challenges
  • Orders land mid-lease, and the termination date is counted from the next rent due date, not from the day the notice arrived.
  • A late fee or an eviction filing against a protected servicemember is a federal exposure, not a policy choice.
  • PCS season empties several units in the same few weeks, and each one has to be turned and re-leased fast.
  • A deployment leaves a spouse running the house alone, and the after-hours repair call still has to reach someone.

Compliance

SCRA compliance the platform enforces

The tenant attests active-duty status when they sign, with branch and orders date, timestamped into the audit log. From then on Rentari.ai refuses to open an eviction case on that lease and the daily late-fee job skips it, and the tenant row carries an SCRA badge so no one on your team has to remember.

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Leases and e-sign

Military lease and SCRA addendum, in any state

Generate the lease for the state the property sits in, with that state's own servicemember clause where it has one (Texas Property Code 92.017, Florida Statute 83.682), add the Military SCRA Addendum with the 30-day clock written in, and route the packet for court-ready e-signature.

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Rent collection

Rent, autopay, and the late-fee guardrail

ACH and card autopay, a late fee prepared for one-tap approval and fully automatic on Autopilot, and any lease carrying an active-duty attestation left out of that run. Payments reconcile straight to the ledger.

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The rules

What the SCRA actually requires

Two federal protections do most of the work in a servicemember tenancy, and both are written into how Rentari.ai behaves. This is general information, not legal advice: confirm against the statute and your state's law before you act.

50 U.S.C. 3955

Early termination on qualifying orders

A servicemember who receives permanent change of station orders, or deployment orders of 90 days or more, may end a residential lease. They deliver written notice with a copy of the orders. On a lease paid monthly, termination takes effect 30 days after the next rent due date, you cannot charge an early-termination penalty, and rent already collected past that date goes back.

50 U.S.C. 3951

No eviction without a court order

Where the monthly rent falls under the indexed cap, $10,112.85 in 2026, a servicemember or their dependents cannot be evicted from a home without a court order, and a default judgment is not available without an affidavit of military service. Rentari.ai will not open an eviction case on a lease with an attestation on file, and it tells you which of the two tests you are in.

What we record

An attestation, not a background check

Rentari.ai stores what the tenant signed: active-duty status, branch, and the orders start date, stamped with the time and written to the audit log, then listed on your compliance dashboard. It does not query the Defense Manpower Data Center on your behalf. Ask for the orders, keep the copy on the lease, and confirm before you file anything.

State layer

Your state usually adds its own statute

Federal law is the floor. Several states run a military termination statute alongside it that can reach further, and leases are generated for the state the property sits in, so the clause is that state's. Texas and Florida carry theirs by name in the lease body, and the Military SCRA Addendum is available in every state.

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Worked example

Orders arrive on the 12th. When does the lease end?

This is the count the dashboard runs, on the dates off a real notice. Rent on this lease is due on the 1st.

  1. March 12

    Written notice reaches you

    The servicemember delivers written notice with a copy of the qualifying orders. The clock does not start on the date printed on the orders. It starts the day the notice reaches you.

  2. April 1

    The next rent due date

    The first rent due date that falls after the notice. March 1 does not count, it had already passed when the notice arrived.

  3. May 1

    Termination takes effect

    Thirty days after that due date, 50 days after the notice. April rent is owed in full. Anything collected beyond May 1 is refunded, and no early-termination fee applies.

  4. From May 1

    The unit goes back to work

    Re-list, screen, and sign the next lease from the same place, with the orders and the notice filed on the lease that just ended.

Keep it connected

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SCRA termination-date calculator

Enter the date the written notice reached you and the rent due day, and get the effective termination date under 50 U.S.C. 3955, the next rent due date it counts from, and the days between. Guidance for planning, not legal advice.

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Orders and notices in the document vault

Keep the copy of the orders, the notice, and the signed addendum on the lease they belong to, so the file that proves you honored the protection is not an email thread.

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PCS turnover, from listing to signed lease

Re-list the unit, collect and screen applicants, and sign the next lease in the same place the last one ended, which is what PCS season actually costs you.

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AI tenant screening

Credit and criminal background history with an AI summary and FCRA-aware adverse-action handling. You approve every applicant.

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24/7 maintenance triage

Luna takes the request by app or phone, triages urgency, and recommends the right vendor for you to send, day or night.

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Auto-accounting and reporting

Every payment and payout books itself, and bank transactions arrive pre-categorized for a one-click approve. Owner statements and a Schedule E export come out in minutes.

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AI on co-pilot, you in control

Mozart prepares the work and proposes the next move. Run it Co-pilot, Mixed, or Autopilot. Evictions, refunds, and signables always wait for you.

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A few answers

Military housing FAQ

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How is the SCRA termination date calculated?

Thirty days after the first rent due date that falls after written notice and a copy of the qualifying orders reach you. Notice on March 12, with rent due on the 1st, ends the lease on May 1. The dashboard runs that count and cites 50 U.S.C. 3955.

Can I charge a late fee to a tenant on active duty?

Rentari.ai will not prepare one. Once a lease carries an active-duty attestation, the daily late-fee job skips it rather than sending you an approval card. You can still record a charge by hand if your counsel says it applies.

Can I file an eviction against a servicemember?

Not from inside Rentari.ai. The filer refuses to open a case on a lease with an attestation on file and returns the reason, including whether the rent sits under the 50 U.S.C. 3951 cap. Federal law wants a court order and blocks a default judgment without an affidavit of military service, so this is a conversation with counsel, not a button.

Do you verify active-duty status against DMDC?

No. Rentari.ai records the tenant's signed attestation with branch and orders date and writes it to the audit log. Checking the Defense Manpower Data Center is not part of the product. Ask for the orders and keep the copy on the lease.

Can rent be paid by military allotment?

There is no native allotment integration. A servicemember pays through the same ACH or card autopay as any other tenant, on the same schedule.

Does this cover on-base privatized housing?

No, and it does not try to. Rentari.ai is built for landlords and managers renting to servicemembers off base, near an installation. On-base privatized housing runs on enterprise platforms under procurement contracts.

Does Rentari.ai work for military housing?

Rentari.ai records active-duty status when the lease is signed, then holds eviction filing and late fees on that lease, drafts the SCRA addendum in any state, and dates a PCS termination for you.

Can the AI act on its own?

Choose Co-pilot, Mixed, or Autopilot to set how routine actions are handled. Actions that require your approval still wait in every mode.

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Which states are supported?

All 50. Leases are generated with the right state-specific disclosures and addenda, then routed for court-ready e-signature.

How much does it cost?

You can start free, and paid plans scale by unit count. See the pricing page for current rates.

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