2025 House Bill 4995

Housing: landlord and tenants; prohibition of the use of prospective tenants' credit scores as a sole deciding factor for lease eligibility and allowance for landlords to accept reusable screening reports; provide for.

A bill to amend 1972 PA 348, entitled “An act to regulate relationships between landlords and tenants relative to rental agreements for rental units; to regulate the payment, repayment, use and investment of security deposits; to provide for commencement and termination inventories of rental units; to provide for termination arrangements relative to rental units; to provide for legal remedies; and to provide penalties,” by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 554.601), the title and section 1 as amended by 2024 PA 179, and by adding sections 1e, 1f, 1g, and 1h.

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House Bills No. 4992-4997 modernize Michigan’s landlord-tenant and housing laws by strengthening tenant protections, improving communication and transparency, enhancing fairness in rental and application processes, expanding rights for victims of abuse, and increasing accountability and accessibility across the state’s housing system.

Introduced in the House

Sept. 18, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Brenda Carter (D-53) and 15 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Donavan McKinney (D-11), Jason Morgan (D-23), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Natalie Price (D-6), Regina Weiss (D-5), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Stephanie Young (D-16), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Kara Hope (D-74), Helena Scott (D-8), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Stephen Wooden (D-81) and Matt Longjohn (D-40)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform