LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two anti-renter discrimination payments into legislation Thursday, to assist previously-signed laws.
These payments complement the previously-signed Senate Payments 205, 206, and 207, which make it unlawful for landlords with 5 or extra rental models to disclaim housing based mostly on supply of revenue and amend Michigan civil rights legislation to incorporate souce of revenue as a protected class concerning housing. HB 4062 and HB 4063, signed by Whitmer on Thursday, enable for many who have suffered this income-discrimination to take authorized motion motion towards these answerable for doing so.
Landlords are nonetheless allowed to reqire a sure stage of revenue to lease a unit, however they can’t have particular necessities on the place this revenue comes from—comparable to Social Safety funds or vouchers.
These landlords can not use a tenant’s supply of revenue as a foundation for:
Denying or terminating housing
Denying somebody a rental unit or making it unavailable to them
Making an attempt to discourage somebody from renting or leasing from them
Falsely representing to somebody {that a} unit just isn’t out there for inspection, rental, or lease
Knowingly failing to convey an inventory to somebody’s consideration
Refusing to permit somebody to examine a rental unit
Altering the value, phrases, charges, or privileges associated to their tenancy
Doing so attributable to their use of emergency rental help
Landlords additionally can’t publicly point out a choice, limitations, or necessities based mostly on a person’s supply of revenue. The measures additionally prohibit landlords from intimidating tenants into not exercising the rights granted to them below the legislation, both straight or not directly.
The laws solely applies to landlords which have 5 or extra rental models.
