milibudget.blogg.se - Michigan equal opportunity housing laws

Written itemization of any lawful deductions must be sent to tenant with the return of the security deposit, provided they gave you a forwarding address.Your tenant must send you a forwarding address within four days of vacating the premises.The bank name and location must be stated in the lease.Michigan landlords must be place all collected security deposit into an FDIC insured bank.After a conditional offer to rent has been extended, only then the landlord can do a background check. Once a candidate has qualified, then the landlord can run a background check.Īnn Arbor: Landlords cannot ask about or require a tenant to disclose their criminal background on an application. To avoid the perception of discrimination, make sure your screening criteria is stated and is consistent and equal for all groups of people.ĭetroit: Landlords with more than five rental units cannot ask about criminal background on rental applications. Adherence to general federal law is required. The State of Michigan has no added laws or restrictions around the collection of criminal background checks. Some municipalities may have written their own laws expanding onto what you can and cannot ask regarding criminal backgrounds during the tenant screening process.

HUD states that a landlord cannot ask about arrest records, only convictions, as innocent people are commonly arrested though the situation may not have resulted in a conviction. Landlords should have a consistent and equal policy or procedure in place to follow regarding criminal background checks so as not to discriminate against one class of people over another.

However, if the criminal background check revealed a crime for the manufacture and distribution of drugs, homicide and/or stalking, denying the application is allowed. HUD (Federal) laws do not classify criminal backgrounds as a protected class, but making a decision to rent based off a criminal background alone could lead to a discrimination charge as it impacts certain protected groups of people disproportionately. Only after a conditional offer to rent has been extended, then the landlord can do a background check.

Rental Applications (Ann Arbor) – Landlords cannot ask about or require a tenant to disclose their criminal background on an application.

Once a candidate has qualified, then the landlord can run a background check.

Rental Applications (Detroit) – Landlords with more than 5 rental units cannot ask about criminal background on rental applications.

If a landlord fails to make the repair within this period, the tenant may make the repairs themselves and deduct the cost from the future rent payment. For emergencies, they must make the repair within 24 hours.

Repairs – Landlords must make repairs within a reasonable amount of time for non-emergency repairs, but the amount of time is not specified.

Notice of Entry – Michigan does not require any notice before entering the unit or property.

Raising Rent – Landlords in Michigan may increase the rent to any amount with no notice or justification.

Landlords must return the deposit within 30 days of the tenant moving out.

Security Deposit – Michigan law limits the amount a landlord may charge for the security deposit to one and a half months’ rent.

When it comes to Michigan rental laws, there are a few specifics landlords need to know: