Section 125.694a - Tenancy or contract right to occupy housing; termination; just cause. - Michigan Statutes

HOUSING FACILITIES (EXCERPT)
Act 18 of 1933 (Ex. Sess.)

125.694a Tenancy or contract right to occupy housing; termination; just cause.

Sec. 44a.

(1) No tenancy or contract right to occupy housing in a project or facilities operated by any city, village, township or other unit of local government, as provided by this act, shall be terminated by the project management or the local housing commission except for just cause.

(2) Just cause to terminate a tenancy or contract right to occupy housing includes, but is not limited to 1 or more of the following:

(a) A failure to comply with the obligations of the lease or the lawful rules and regulations of the housing commission.

(b) The use of a unit for any unlawful purpose, including any purpose for which the commission is entitled to recover possession of the premises by summary proceedings under section 5714(1)(b) of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.5714 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(c) The maintenance of any unsafe, unsanitary, or unhealthful condition in any dwelling unit or in any of the common areas.

History: Add. 1968, Act 267, Eff. Oct. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 338, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1996