EconDefense
IND-40 / Property, construction and housing

Buy equity, partnership interests or debt in eligible military housing projects

Express direct investment authority includes stock, other equity instruments, limited-partnership interests and bonds/debt instruments.

Authority / instrument · IND-40

Direct equity and debt investment

Property, construction and housing

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary concerned

What this does not authorize / hard limit

This is sector-specific equity authority, not a general venture fund

Recorded executor

Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned. Use the responsible program’s process.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-40 · Investment & capital

Authority holder: Secretary concerned

Investment & capitalCooperation & exchanges

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Housing acquisition/construction suitability
  • Eligible entity and military occupancy/purchase preference agreement
  • Project capital-cost valuation

Limits & exclusions

  • Temporary BOTH cash and land-inclusive investment cap 60% from July4,2025 through Sep30,2029; ordinary caps33⅓%/45% thereafter
  • This is sector-specific equity authority, not a general venture fund

Funding conditions

  • Authorized housing funds and current funds controls; temporary higher percentage is not an appropriation.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Service housing portfolio office / installation housing staff
  • ASD(EI&E) housing policy

Resources

  • Family Housing Improvement Fund or Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund / applicable housing accounts

Approval

  • Secretary concerned; congressionally required notifications and budget authority

Execution

  • Service housing privatization and real-estate teams
  • USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

Partners & review

  • Eligible housing developer / private lenders
  • Residents and installation housing office

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned. Use the responsible program’s process.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: §2875 operative text plus Pub.L.119-21 §20001(b) read; OLRC Sept10,2026 entry confirms temporary cap note.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.