Bill Text: MI HB5235 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Housing: landlord and tenants; requirement to accept and screen rental applications on a first-come first-served basis; provide for. Amends title of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.601 - 554.616) & adds sec. 1c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-10-26 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/25/2023 [HB5235 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5235-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5235
A bill to amend 1972 PA 348, entitled
"An act to regulate relationships between landlords and tenants relative to rental agreements for rental units; to regulate the payment, repayment, use and investment of security deposits; to provide for commencement and termination inventories of rental units; to provide for termination arrangements relative to rental units; to provide for legal remedies; and to provide penalties,"
(MCL 554.601 to 554.616) by amending the title and by adding section 1c.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
An act to regulate relationships between landlords and tenants relative to rental agreements for rental units; to regulate the payment, repayment, use and investment of security deposits; to provide for commencement and termination inventories of rental units; to provide for termination arrangements relative to rental units; to provide for how rental applications are considered; to provide for legal remedies; and to provide penalties.
Sec. 1c. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a landlord shall do all of the following:
(a) Note the date and time of when the landlord receives a completed rental application for a rental unit from a prospective tenant, regardless of whether the rental application was submitted electronically, in person, or through the mail.
(b) Screen all completed rental applications for a rental unit in chronological order to determine whether a prospective tenant meets all the screening criteria that are necessary to approve the rental application.
(c) Offer the rental unit to the first prospective tenant that meets all the screening criteria that are necessary to approve the rental application for that rental unit. If the first approved prospective tenant does not accept the rental unit offered under this subdivision within 3 business days after the date the offer of the rental unit is made, the landlord shall offer the rental unit to the next prospective tenant in chronological order until a prospective tenant accepts the rental unit for rental.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the landlord is legally obligated to set aside the rental unit to serve specific vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to, homeless persons, survivors of domestic violence, or low-income individuals.
