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MI SB0795
Bill
AI Summary
- Landlords must offer tenants the option to have positive rental payment information (complete, timely rent payments) reported to nationwide consumer credit bureaus
- For new leases, the offer must be made at signing and annually thereafter; for existing leases, landlords have 60 days after the law takes effect to make the initial offer
- Landlords may charge tenants up to $10 per month or actual cost (whichever is less) for the reporting service, but cannot charge if they incur no cost
- Tenants can opt out at any time with written notice, but must wait 6 months before opting back in; unpaid reporting fees cannot be deducted from security deposits or used as grounds for eviction
- Exemptions apply to landlords of buildings with 15 or fewer units, unless they own multiple buildings and are structured as REITs, corporations, or LLCs with corporate members; assisted housing developments are also exempt
Legislative Description
Housing: landlord and tenants; reporting of rental payments to credit bureaus; provide for. Amends 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.601 - 554.616) by adding sec. 1e.
Housing: landlord and tenants
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Housing And Human Services
2/19/2026
Committee Referrals
Housing And Human Services2/19/2026
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