司法部发布军人租赁终止说明 退役与离队命令同样可以提前解约
美国司法部宣布，已发布两份情况说明，帮助军人及其家属在收到合资格的军事命令时，避免不必要的租金支出与高额费用。第一份说明军人及家属如何终止住宅或商业租赁，第二份说明如何终止部分车辆租赁。
司法部民权司首席副助理司法部长 Jesus A. Osete 表示，民权司在退伍军人节和每一天都致力于确保军人家庭不因服务国家而背上过高的费用与付款；这两份说明提醒军人社区、车贷机构与房东，军人及家属在转为退伍军人身份或因军事命令搬迁时，有法律权利提前终止部分租赁。
军人家庭经常因永久换防（PCS）搬迁，租赁未到期就要提前终止的情况很常见。《军人民事救济法》（SCRA）允许军人取消这类租赁，免得因为为国服务搬家，还要继续为住不了的房子或用不上的车辆付钱。
司法部特意在退伍军人节前夕发布这两份说明，是要提醒一项容易被忽略的权利：退役命令与离队命令同样属于租赁终止的合资格军事命令。军人转为退伍军人身��时拿到的正是退役或离队命令，这类命令不是常见的换防命令，房东与租赁方可能不认识；但军人家庭常在退役或离队时搬迁，不承认这类命令，就会让他们继续为不再需要的住房或车辆付费。
司法部设在民权司内的军人与退伍军人倡议项目，负责保障现役军人与退伍军人的权利不受歧视与不公平对待。SCRA 的执法由民权司住房与民事执法科同全美各联邦检察官办公室合作执行；自 2011 年以来，司法部通过 SCRA 执法已为超过 153,000 名军人争取到超过 4.9 亿美元的救济。
认为自身 SCRA 权利受侵害的军人、退伍军人及其家属，可联系就近的武装部队法律援助办公室寻求帮助。
（来源：美国司法部）
Justice Department Issues Fact Sheets on Ending Leases for Servicemembers and Their Families
The Justice Department announced that it has issued two fact sheets to help servicemembers and their dependents avoid unnecessary rent payments and costly fees when they receive eligible military orders. The first explains how servicemembers and their dependents can end a residential or business lease, and the second explains how they can end certain vehicle leases.
“The Civil Rights Division is deeply committed, on Veterans Day and every other day, to ensuring that our military families are not saddled with excessive fees and payments as they heroically serve our country,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jesus A. Osete of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. He said the fact sheets remind the military community, vehicle lenders and landlords that servicemembers and their families have a legal right to end certain leases early when they transition to veteran status or are called to move on military orders.
Military families are often required to relocate through Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves, and servicemembers frequently end up in leases that need to be terminated early. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) allows servicemembers to cancel those leases so they are not stuck paying for a residence or vehicle they can no longer use solely because they are moving in service to the country.
The department issued the fact sheets near Veterans Day to draw attention to an important part of the lease termination right: retirement and separation orders are eligible military orders for lease termination. When servicemembers transition into veteran status, they receive a retirement or separation order showing they are leaving military service. Lease holders and landlords may not recognize those orders as covered by the SCRA, since they are not typical PCS orders, but military families often relocate at retirement or separation, and not recognizing the orders would leave them paying for a residence or vehicle they may no longer need.
The Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative, housed in the Civil Rights Division, works to ensure that the rights of servicemembers and veterans are safeguarded from discrimination and unfair treatment. The department's enforcement of the SCRA is conducted by the Civil Rights Division's Housing and Civil Enforcement Section in partnership with U.S. Attorneys' Offices across the country. Since 2011, the department has obtained over $490 million in monetary relief for over 153,000 servicemembers through its enforcement of the SCRA.
Servicemembers, veterans and their dependents who believe their rights under the SCRA have been violated can contact the nearest Armed Forces Legal Assistance Program office for help.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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