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MI HB4986

MI HB4986
Housing: landlord and tenants; cross-reference to summary proceedings to recover possession of premises provision; update. Amends sec. 44a of 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 18 (MCL 125.694a). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4985'25

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Introduced
09/18/2025
In Committee
09/18/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

103rd Legislature

Bill Summary

A bill to amend 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 18, entitled"An act to authorize any city, village, township, or county to purchase, acquire, construct, maintain, operate, improve, extend, and repair housing facilities; to eliminate housing conditions which are detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, morals, or welfare; and for any such purposes to authorize any such city, village, township, or county to create a commission with power to effectuate said purposes, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission and of such city, village, township, or county; and for any such purposes to authorize any such commission, city, village, township, or county to issue notes and revenue bonds; to regulate the issuance, sale, retirement, and refunding of such notes and bonds; to regulate the rentals of such projects and the use of the revenues of the projects; to prescribe the manner of selecting tenants for such projects; to provide for condemnation of private property for such projects; to confer certain powers upon such commissions, cities, villages, townships, and counties in relation to such projects, including the power to receive aid and cooperation of the federal government; to provide for a referendum thereon; to provide for cooperative financing by 2 or more commissions, cities, villages, townships, or counties or any combination thereof; to provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of revenue bonds and special obligation notes for such purposes; to provide for financing agreements between cooperating borrowers; to provide for other matters relative to the bonds and notes and methods of cooperative financing; for other purposes; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"by amending section 44a (MCL 125.694a), as amended by 1996 PA 338.

AI Summary

This bill amends an existing housing law to clarify the conditions under which a local housing commission can terminate a tenant's tenancy or right to occupy housing. Specifically, the bill requires that tenancy can only be terminated for "just cause" and provides explicit examples of what constitutes just cause. These reasons include: failing to comply with lease obligations or housing commission rules, using the housing unit for unlawful purposes (with a specific cross-reference to legal proceedings for recovering premises), and maintaining unsafe or unsanitary living conditions. The bill also makes a technical correction to a legal code reference, changing a reference from section 5714(1)(b) to 5714(2)(b) of the revised judicature act. The bill will take effect 90 days after its enactment and is contingent upon the passage of a companion House Bill (HB 4985). The overall intent appears to be providing more clarity and protection for tenants in housing managed by local government commissions by establishing a clear standard for when tenancy can be terminated.

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Government Affairs

Sponsors (17)

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/18/2025 (on 09/24/2025)
(1 Companion Bills)

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