Proposed legislation aims to protect Michigan’s lower-income renters

Proposed legislation aims to protect Michigan’s lower-income renters 02:18

(CBS DETROIT) – Lawmakers passed a package of bills this week that would prevent landlords from refusing to rent to people based on their source of income.

For renters like Terri, who did want to use her last name, only having access to one form of income meant long odds of finding a suitable place.

“I only had alimony as my income and possibly future disability payments also,” she said. “So a lot of the rental units and landlords or property managers aren’t really keen about just having that as my source of income.”…

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