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HB6087 • 2026

Housing: landlord and tenants; certain relocation assistance for tenants in hazardous or dangerous buildings; provide for. Amends 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.401 - 125.543) by adding sec. 130a.

Housing: landlord and tenants; certain relocation assistance for tenants in hazardous or dangerous buildings; provide for. Amends 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.401 - 125.543) by adding sec. 130a.

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Sponsor
Emily Dievendorf (District 77), Dylan Wegela (District 26), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Natalie Price (District 6), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Regina Weiss (District 5), Donavan McKinney (District 11), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Laurie Pohutsky (District 17), Brenda Carter (District 53), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Tonya Phillips (District 7), Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Betsy Coffia (District 103)
Last action
2026-06-17
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 06/16/2026
Effective date
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Housing: landlord and tenants; certain relocation assistance for tenants in hazardous or dangerous buildings; provide for. Amends 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.401 - 125.543) by adding sec. 130a.

Housing: landlord and tenants; certain relocation assistance for tenants in hazardous or dangerous buildings; provide for.

What This Bill Does

  • Housing: landlord and tenants; certain relocation assistance for tenants in hazardous or dangerous buildings; provide for.
  • Amends 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.401 - 125.543) by adding sec.
  • 130a.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-17 HJ 48 Pg. 0

    bill electronically reproduced 06/16/2026

  2. 2026-06-16 HJ 47 Pg. 0

    introduced by Representative Rep. Emily Dievendorf

  3. 2026-06-16 HJ 47 Pg. 0

    read a first time

  4. 2026-06-16 HJ 47 Pg. 0

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

Official Summary Text

Housing: landlord and tenants; certain relocation assistance for tenants in hazardous or dangerous buildings; provide for. Amends 1917 PA 167 (MCL 125.401 - 125.543) by adding sec. 130a.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 6087

A bill to amend 1917 PA 167, entitled
"Housing law of Michigan,"
(MCL 125.401 to 125.543) by adding section 130a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 130a. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the 1
amendatory act that added this section, if any of the following 2
apply, relocation assistance must be paid to a tenant by the 3
respective party: 4
(a) By a landlord of a premises, if an enforcing agency does 5
all of the following under section 130: 6
June 16, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Dievendorf, Wegela, Byrnes, Price, Steckloff, Weiss,
McKinney, MacDonell, Pohutsky, B. Carter, Rheingans, Myers -Phillips, Tsernoglou, Wilson
and Coffia and referred to Committee on Government Operations.
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(i) Determines that conditions exist in a premises that 1
constitute a hazard to the health and safety of the tenant. 2
(ii) Determines that the conditions described under 3
subparagraph (i) were caused by the landlord's inadequate 4
maintenance or management of the premises. 5
(iii) Orders that the premises be vacated. 6
(b) By an owner or agent of a building or structure, if an 7
enforcing agency does all of the following: 8
(i) Determines that a building or structure is a dangerous 9
building under section 139. 10
(ii) Determines that the conditions that made the building or 11
structure a dangerous building were caused by the landlord's 12
inadequate maintenance or management of the building or structure 13
and noncompliance with any of the following: 14
(A) This act. 15
(B) The Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code 16
act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531. 17
(C) A building code of the city, village, or township in which 18
the building or structure is located. 19
(iii) Orders that the building or structure be demolished. 20
(2) All of the following apply to relocation assistance paid 21
pursuant to subsection (1): 22
(a) The relocation assistance must be in an amount equal to 3 23
times the current monthly rent paid by the tenant, as determined 24
under the rental agreement. 25
(b) The relocation amount must be paid to the tenant 26
regardless of whether the tenant is current on rent or other 27
charges or fees. 28
(c) The relocation assistance must be paid within 7 business 29
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days after an enforcing agency issues an order under subsection 1
(1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii). 2
(3) The relocation assistance paid pursuant to subsection (1) 3
is in addition to any other remedy available under this act or 4
otherwise available by law. 5
(4) As used in this section, "tenant" means an individual who 6
occupies a premises or building or structure for residential 7
purposes with the consent of the landlord of the premises or owner 8
or agent of the building or structure for an agreed-upon 9
consideration. 10