{"id":3988,"date":"2014-12-04T15:24:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2014-12-04T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:24:04","slug":"house-committee-passes-problematic-rental-inspection-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/12\/04\/house-committee-passes-problematic-rental-inspection-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee Passes Problematic Rental Inspection Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning the House Local Government Committee reported Senate Bill 313<\/a> sponsored by Senator Dave Robertson (R-Grand Blanc) that would drastically change the way municipal rental inspection programs operate.<\/p>\n

The bill would lower revenue that programs collect and provide additional barriers to entry when attempting to inspect a tenants property.The bill now heads to the full House, and we need your help to prevent this from passing.<\/p>\n

For those communities that have rental inspection programs we would ask that you please reach out to your legislator to ask for a “no” vote.<\/strong> The message is very simple: making the proposed changes to the rental inspection laws would negatively impact well run,\u00a0 efficient programs. Further, SB 313 should not be brought up for a vote this year and we can revisit the issue next year.<\/p>\n

John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate for the League handling transportation and infrastructure issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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