{"id":4617,"date":"2015-10-08T12:46:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2015-10-08T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T16:46:16","slug":"senate-committee-takes-testimony-on-rental-inspection-legislation-league-supports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2015\/10\/08\/senate-committee-takes-testimony-on-rental-inspection-legislation-league-supports\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee Takes Testimony on Rental Inspection Legislation, League Supports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Senate Local Government Committee took testimony on SB 394 S-1 (<a href=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/SB-394-S-1.pdf\">SB 394 S-1<\/a>).\u00a0 This legislation folds townships into the mix of those local communities who qualify for the act, clarifies that inspection programs are optional at the local level, and states a rental inspection fee cannot be required to be paid more than 6 months prior to the actual inspection.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, this issue has been very contentious.\u00a0 This session we worked closely with the Rental Property Owners Association (RPOA) and the Apartment Association of Michigan (AAM) to come to a solution that addressed some of their issues but also didn\u2019t jeopardize current local programs or create a one size fits all program from the state.\u00a0 Because of this, we were able to take a position of support on this legislation.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate Sen. Robertson and his staff for allowing us to work through this process.\u00a0 I would also like to thank RPOA and the AAM for their willingness to sit down with us and discuss this really important issue. 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