; or (B) such housing unit is uninhabitable according to State and local law for the jurisdiction in which the housing unit is located. (2) (A) Upon the filing of a claim by a tenant under paragraph (1)— (i) under such procedures as the Secretary of Defense shall establish, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) or such other appropriate office or offices of the Department of Defense as the Secretary shall specify for purposes of such procedures, shall tentatively grant the request; and (ii) the housing office that receives the claim shall, not later than 15 days after the date of the request, complete an investigation that includes an inspection conducted by housing inspectors that are certified at the State and local level. (B) If the housing office agrees with a claim by a tenant under subparagraph (A) with respect to a housing unit, the housing office shall notify the landlord responsible for such unit of the issues described in subsection (a) that require remediation in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Defense or State or local law. (C) If after an inspection conducted under subparagraph (A)(ii), the request of the tenant to withhold payment is denied, the tenant may appeal that decision to the commander of the military installation concerned. (3) In accordance with procedures established under paragraph (1)(A)(i) for the withholding of any basic allowance for housing or other allotment pay under this subsection, if the landlord responsible for the housing unit does not remediate the issues described in paragraph (1) during a timeline reasonably established by the housing office for the remediation of the issue, the amount payable to the landlord for such unit— (A) shall be reduced by 10 percent for each period of five days during which the issues are not remediated