HB 5362 Summary

• Modifies inspection requirements for multiple dwellings and rental properties under Michigan's Housing Law, allowing local governments to conduct inspections on complaint basis, area basis, compliance basis, or other established schedules rather than requiring routine inspections.

• Requires owner notification and good-faith effort to obtain lessee consent before enforcing agency inspection, with exceptions for vacant units, administrative warrants, complaints, or lease authorization for inspections.

• Clarifies that rent payment obligations are suspended and must be paid into escrow during periods when premises lack a certificate of compliance or when a certificate is suspended, with exceptions for violations caused by occupants.

• Authorizes courts to order repairs or abatement of code violations and allows courts to permit occupants to correct violations and deduct costs from rent if occupant is not responsible for the violation.

• Establishes that inspection fees cannot exceed the actual reasonable cost of inspection and must be tied to public health code cost definitions; requires local units to provide annual reports on inspection program finances upon request.