HOUSE BILL NO. 5757
May 30, 2024, Introduced by Reps. Brenda Carter, Wilson, Weiss, Price, O'Neal, Hope, Morgan
and Tsernoglou and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Small Business.
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
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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.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 44a. (1) No A project management or local housing
2 commission shall not terminate a tenancy or contract right to
3 occupy housing in a project or facilities operated by any city,
4 village, township, or other unit of local government, as provided
5 by this act, shall be terminated by the project management or the
6 local housing commission except for just cause.
7 (2) Just cause to terminate a tenancy or contract right to
8 occupy housing includes, but is not limited to 1 or more of the
9 following:
10 (a) A failure to comply with the obligations of the lease or
11 the lawful rules and regulations of the housing commission.
12 (b) The use of a unit for any unlawful purpose, including any
13 purpose for which the commission is entitled to recover possession
14 of the premises by summary proceedings under section 5714(1)(b)
15 5714(2)(b) of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of
16 the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.5714 of the Michigan
17 Compiled Laws.1961 PA 236, MCL 600.5714.
18 (c) The maintenance of any unsafe, unsanitary, or unhealthful
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1 condition in any dwelling unit or in any of the common areas.
2 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
3 after the date it is enacted into law.
4 Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
5 unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5756 (request no.
6 04085'23) of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 125.694