Premises Office Share With Tenants In Michigan
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Gretchen Whitmer signed the final bills Thursday, Jan. 16 of a new housing discrimination law that offers more protections to renters. The two House Bills, 4062 and 4063, are part of tie-barred package that prevent landlords from denying a renter housing based on their source of income, like housing vouchers.
(a) No person, entity or owner shall lease, rent or cause to be occupied a rental dwelling or rental unit without a valid certificate of compliance issued by the Building Department in the name of the owner or responsible local agent and issued for the specific rental dwelling and rental unit.
A new Michigan law bans many landlords from rejecting tenants based on source of income, like housing vouchers, veterans' benefits or Social Security. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed three Senate bills of a five-bill package Monday, Dec. 30, that prohibits landlords from discriminating based on source of income.
557.71 Equal rights of husband and wife holding property as tenants by entirety. Sec. 1. A husband and wife shall be equally entitled to the rents, products, income, or profits, and to the control and management of real or personal property held by them as tenants by the entirety.
Landlord tenant-laws in Michigan spell out many tenant rights, such as the right to withhold rent if the landlord fails to maintain the rental property and the right to be protected from landlord retaliation against a legal right, such as complaining to government health inspector.
Michigan is generally considered a landlord-friendly state since there aren't many regulations regarding rent control policies, late fees, or grace periods. However, due to the high amount of renters in the state, Michigan can also be considered a great place for tenants to find a place to live without too many issues.
Your landlord can't enter your home without permission except in an emergency. If there is a problem that your landlord needs to enter your home to fix, you should be given notice a reasonable time before the landlord plans to enter.
In addition, it must go without saying, but a landlord cannot threaten tenants. Verbal threats, threats of physical violence, or actual physical contact are all instances of landlord harassment.
Tenants in Common (Real Property) All of the tenants in common have an equal right to use or occupy the entire property so long as the tenancy stays intact. Once a tenant dies or sells their share, the remaining tenants are entitled only to their fractional share.