Tracking Status Report
Beth Berglin
Tracking group: Goal 5: Fostering safe and strong neighborhoods
Affordable Housing
Rheingans
Allows local governments to establish rent control policies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(1/14/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Homelessness
Dievendorf
Provides homeless bill of rights.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/11/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Housing Development Authorities
Thompson
Prohibits provision of services or grants or participation in programs for certain individuals.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (5/6/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Energy Policies
Wendzel
Repeals homeowners' energy policy act.
Text & Analysis
Re-referred
in House (10/21/2025; Earlier discharged from the Government Operations Committee; To Energy Committee)
Housing
Rheingans
Prohibits use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates.
Text & Analysis
Re-referred
in House (3/19/2026; Earlier discharged from the Regulatory Reform committee.; To Communications and Technology Committee)
Housing and Community Development
Wooden
Modifies housing and community development fund.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (7/1/2026; To Session)
Housing and Community Development
Meerman
Modifies housing and community development fund.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (7/1/2026; To Session)
Liquor Licenses
Schuette
Modifies eligibility for Class A hotel license or Class B hotel license.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (9/18/2025; To Regulatory Affairs Committee)
Property Tax
Phillips
Modifies sunsets on certain delinquent tax payment reduction and foreclosure avoidance programs.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/15/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Youth Employment
Woolford
Allows youth employment in residential building construction under certain conditions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/13/2025; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
Housing
Morgan
Provides for rental application fee requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(8/14/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Evictions
Frisbie
Provides for alternate procedure to evict squatters.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/4/2025; To Judiciary Committee)
Building Construction
Maddock
Requires certain buildings to have automatic fire sprinkler systems for electric vehicle parking spaces.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/9/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Evictions
Outman, P.
Requires 180-day notice for eviction from a mobile home park.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/11/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Construction
McKinney
Provides for lead-based paint regulations for the renovation, repair, or painting of certain buildings.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/11/2025; To Health Policy Committee)
Housing
O'Neal
Increases notice period to terminate a tenancy for nonpayment of rent.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Tsernoglou
Modifies redemption time period for tenancy.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Evictions
Wilson
Provides for sealing court records of evictions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Price
Establishes grounds of good cause for termination of tenancy
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Carter, B.
Updates cross-reference to summary proceedings to recover possession of premises provision.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housings
Neeley
Provides for notification of defective conditions on premises and time limits for landlords to commence repairs.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
O'Neal
Removes cross-reference to the revised statutes of 1846.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Morgan
Modifies provision for tenant to escrow rent when certificate is withheld pending compliance.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Young
Modifies rent abatement remedies and award of attorney fees.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Hope
Modifies award for unlawful eviction.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Carter, B.
Modifies methods of communication between landlords and tenants.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Edwards
Expands notice requirements for early lease termination for certain victims of violence.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
O'Neal
Provides for limitations on fees charged to tenants.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Carter, B.
Provides for prohibition of the use of prospective tenants' credit scores as a sole deciding factor for lease eligibility and allowance for landlords to accept reusable screening reports.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Hoskins
Requires the department to make available to the public the form containing summary of tenant's rights.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Hoskins
Require the authority to make available to the public the form containing summary of tenant's rights.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/18/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
BeGole
Modifies redemption of premises.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (7/1/2026; To Local Government Committee)
Foreclosure
O'Neal
Modifies recording of deed.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (7/1/2026; To Local Government Committee)
Housing
Fairbairn
Allows triplexes, quadplexes, 5-plexes, or 6-plexes in certain residential structures.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Paiz
Requires state court administrative office to provide form containing summary of tenant's rights.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Economic Development
Farhat
Clarifies definitions of housing property in brownfield redevelopment authority and modifies cap on total tax capture revenues.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/26/2025; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
Foreclosure
Paquette
Modifies distribution of proceeds from mortgage foreclosure auctions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Housing and Human Services Committee (9/22/2026)
Foreclosure
Andrews
Modifies distribution of proceeds from mortgage foreclosure auctions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Housing and Human Services Committee (9/22/2026)
Housing
Wilson
Provides for right for water bill to be in tenant's name.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(10/30/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Young
Creates Michigan fair chance access to housing act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/11/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Taxation
Morgan
Creates SFR tax and economics act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/16/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Housing
Cavitt
Extends sunset for exemption under the residential housing facilities act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/18/2025; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
Housing
Grant
Extends sunset for exemption under the attainable housing facilities act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/18/2025; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
Manufactured Homes
Outman, P.
Allows certain liens on manufactured homes.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/19/2026; To Finance Committee)
HB 5570
PA 28
Housing
Fairbairn
Allows single exit stairway in multiple-family dwellings under certain conditions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/21/2026; Signed: July 21, 2026, Effective: July 21, 2026)
HB 5571
PA 29
Construction
Wooden
Provides for adoption of certain rules by the department.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/21/2026; Signed: July 21, 2026, Effective: July 21, 2026)
Housing
Kunse
Limits minimum home size requirements.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (5/14/2026)
Mobile Homes
Grant
Limits minimum residential parking space requirements and limitations on mobile homes.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (5/14/2026)
Zoning
Longjohn
Prohibits setback requirement greater than 25 feet.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (5/14/2026)
Duplexes
Andrews
Permits duplexes in single-family residential zones.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (5/14/2026)
Zoning Restrictions
Meerman
Modifies zoning restrictions related to accessory dwelling units and mobile homes.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Operations Committee (5/14/2026)
Occupations - Inspectors
Meerman
Allows third-party building inspections.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/26/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing
Tisdel
Creates Michigan home program act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/3/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Housing
Steckloff
Allows MSHDA administration and operation of the MI home program act and programs and funds under that act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/3/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Condominium
Fitzgerald
Modifies requirements for an association of co-owners to conduct a reserve study and establish a reserve funding plan.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/14/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Housing Development Authority
Aragona
Establishes and administers housing opportunity tax credit program.
Text & Analysis
Received
in Senate (7/1/2026; To Session)
HB 5806
PA 30
Housing Development Authority
Grant
Creates housing opportunity tax credits.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/21/2026; Signed: July 21, 2026, Effective: July 21, 2026)
HB 5807
PA 31
Housing Development Authority
Aragona
Provides housing opportunity credits against the retaliatory tax.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/21/2026; Signed: July 21, 2026, Effective: July 21, 2026)
Housing Development Authority
Jenkins-Arno
Coordinates with Michigan strategic fund for eligibility for credits under the community development tax credit program.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/16/2026; To Economic Competitiveness Committee)
Senior Citizens Housing
Schuette
Modifies definition of entrance fee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/21/2026; To Health Policy Committee)
Property Sales
Farhat
Prohibits purchase of residential property by certain businesses.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Property Sales
Farhat
Modifies definition of a crime as related to property eligible for forfeiture.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Property Sales
Morgan
Modifies property eligible for forfeiture.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(4/30/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Income Tax
Cavitt
Extends first-time home buyer savings program sunset.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (6/18/2026)
Income Tax
Cavitt
Extends sunset on deductions for contributions to a first-time home buyer savings account.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Regulatory Reform Committee (6/18/2026)
Rentals
Andrews
Establishes short-term rental registry and database.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/2/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Rentals
Bierlein
Clarifies prohibition on total ban of short-term rentals.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/2/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 6074
PA 32
Land Sales
Bohnak
Prohibits purchase of residential property by certain businesses.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/21/2026; Signed: July 21, 2026, Effective: July 21, 2026)
Construction
Meerman
Provides frost protection requirements for accessory dwelling units.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/16/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Zoning
Meerman
Prohibits local governments from restricting non-fire rated windows on accessory dwelling units.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/16/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Sewers
Martin
Allows accessory dwelling units to connect to the sewer connection servicing the primary dwelling unit.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/16/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Rentals
Dievendorf
Provides purchase of rental property by tenants.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/16/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Rentals
Dievendorf
Provides certain relocation assistance for tenants in hazardous or dangerous buildings.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/16/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Tenants
Dievendorf
Provides tenants right to organize.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/16/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Rentals
Dievendorf
Provides requirements for notice of rent increases.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/16/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
State of Emergencies
Pohutsky
Prohibits excessively increased pricing in hotel and lodging industry during a declared state of emergency.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/17/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Land Sales
Posthumus
Modifies prohibition of purchase of residential property by certain businesses.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (10/14/2026; By Regulatory Affairs Committee)
Commercial Code
Hoskins
Revises references to uniform commercial code in state housing development authority act of 1966.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/24/2026; To Finance Committee)
Commercial Code
Green, P.
Revises references to uniform commercial code in mobile home commission act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/24/2026; To Finance Committee)
Tenants
Anthony
Provides tenants rights to repair.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (6/17/2025; With committee substitute S-1 adopted.)
Housing
Anthony
Removes cross-reference to the revised statutes of 1846.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (6/17/2025)
Housing
Anthony
Disallows prohibition against tenants forming a union in truth in renting act.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (6/17/2025)
SB 22
PA 102
Housing
Anthony
Allows return of security deposit by electronic transfer.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(9/21/2026; Signed: September 21, 2026, Effective: September 21, 2026)
Water Supply
Cavanagh
Provides right for water and sewer bill to be in tenant's name.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (11/4/2025; By Housing and Human Services Committee)
Utilities
Cavanagh
Provides transfer of utility to tenant.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (11/4/2025; By Housing and Human Services Committee)
Utilities
Wojno
Decriminalizes violation of tampering with utility shut-off procedures under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (11/4/2025; By Housing and Human Services Committee)
Utilities
Irwin
Amends sentencing guidelines for tampering with utility shutoff to residence to reflect decriminalization of certain acts.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (11/4/2025; By Housing and Human Services Committee)
Condominiums
Hauck
Modifies definition of undeveloped land.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (3/19/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Passed
in Senate (3/19/2026; 34-1)
Housing Development
Shink
Modifies housing and community development fund.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (6/24/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Passed
in Senate (6/24/2026; 24-13)
Tenants
Irwin
Provides tenants right to organize.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/1/2025; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Teacher Housing
Damoose
Allows sinking funds to be used for teacher housing.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/20/2025; To Education Committee)
Tenants
Bayer
Allows reuse of certain tenant screening reports.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (3/3/2026)
SB 373
PA 103
Tenants
Cavanagh
Provides limitations on fees charged to tenants.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(9/21/2026; Signed: September 21, 2026, Effective: September 21, 2026)
Evictions
Geiss
Provides for the sealing and expungement of court records of summary proceedings.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (3/3/2026)
Tenants
Irwin
Provides limitations on fees charged to tenants.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in Senate (3/3/2026)
Income Tax Credit
Singh
Changes adjustments based on the Detroit Consumer Price Index to United State Consumer Price Index.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (8/13/2025; To Government Operations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (8/13/2025; 32-0)
Property Tax Exemptions
Victory
Modifies property tax exemption for certain nonprofit housing property.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/25/2025; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Human trafficking
McMorrow
Requires hotels and motels to post information with human trafficking hotline.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (4/22/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Passed
in Senate (4/22/2026; 34-1)
Housing
Chang
Provides for requirement for certain rental units to be equipped with a carbon monoxide device.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (10/23/2025; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Passed
in Senate (10/23/2025; 23-12 with S-4 floor substitute adopted)
Housing
Cavanagh
Creates Michigan fair chance access to housing act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(12/16/2025; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Housing
Anthony
Prohibits use of certain software to share pricing information and set rent rates.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/19/2026; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Rent
Anthony
Provides reporting of rental payments to credit bureaus.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(2/19/2026; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Housing Development
Chang
Coordinates eligibility for credits under the community development tax credit program with Michigan strategic fund.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Economic and Community Development Committee (6/3/2026)
Income Tax Credit
Singh
Creates community development tax credit.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Economic and Community Development Committee (6/3/2026)
Community Development
Damoose
Establishes and administers community development tax credit program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Economic and Community Development Committee (6/3/2026)
Mobile Homes
Cherry
Revises mobile home commission act.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (5/19/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (5/19/2026; 31-3)
Mobile Homes
Bellino
Revises mobile home commission act.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (5/19/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (5/19/2026; 32-2)
Mobile Homes
Chang
Provides procedure for declaring a mobile home abandoned.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (5/19/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (5/19/2026; 32-2)
Mobile Homes
Bayer
Revises mobile home commission act.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (5/19/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (5/19/2026; 34-0)
Mobile Homes
Hauck
Provides credit for the sale of mobile home park or seasonal mobile home to residents or resident's association or cooperative.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (5/19/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (5/19/2026; 32-2)
Mobile Homes
Outman, R.
Provides authority to administer the resident ownership revolving fund created in the mobile home commission act.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (5/19/2026; To Government Operations Committee)
Passed
in Senate (5/19/2026; 32-2)
SB 966
PA 23
Income Tax
Irwin
Establishes and administers housing opportunity tax credit program.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/21/2026; Signed: July 21, 2026, Effective: July 21, 2026)
Income Tax
Irwin
Creates state low-income housing tax credit.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (6/18/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Passed
in Senate (6/18/2026; 23-13)
Income Tax
Irwin
Creates state low-income housing tax credit.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (6/18/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Passed
in Senate (6/18/2026; 23-13)
Residential Homes
Klinefelt
Regulates purchase of certain residential homes by investors.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/14/2026; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
State of Emergencies
Moss
Prohibits excessively increased pricing in hotel and lodging industry during a declared state of emergency.
Text & Analysis
Received
in House (6/25/2026; To Regulatory Reform Committee)
Passed
in Senate (6/25/2026; 20-15; Earlier advanced to Third Reading with committee substitute S-1 adopted.)
Emancipation
Cherry
Provides limited emancipation of a minor who is homeless.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in Senate (9/22/2026; By Housing and Human Services Committee)
Rental Properties
Cavanagh
Provides limitations on rental property owned by certain businesses.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/29/2026; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Rental Properties
Cavanagh
Provides limitations on rental property owned by certain limited liability companies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/29/2026; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
Housing Development
Cavanagh
Creates first-time home buyers fund.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(7/29/2026; To Housing and Human Services Committee)
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