The House Intergovernmental Committee passed legislation this week passed legislation dealing with supportive housing.  A few years ago, the Legislature passed supportive housing legislation, but it needed some cleanup.  The legislation at the time was supposed to limit the number of supportive housing units statewide to 250, and this was inadvertently left out.  HB 6098 corrects that problem.  The bill also creates a new definition of individual living unit, which makes this a house (bedrooms, kitchen, etc).  It also limits a housing unit to 6 persons and not more than 4 bedrooms.  Finally, the bill changes some of the filing dates. It will require an owner of a property to file with MSHDA before November 1st and with the local assessor before December 1st.  Current law has the owner filing with the assessor before November 1st.  The League supported this bill.

Andy Schor is the Assistant Director of State Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League. Contact him at (517) 908-0300 or by email.

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