MML Review Magazine Fall 2025

MI Home Employer ($10 million annually) a. Continue providing funding for the Employer-Assisted Housing Fund to promote public-private partnerships, with the State matching employer contributions to their employees’ housing. The proposed program would promote local zoning reform and increase efficiency by encouraging specific housing related zoning changes. Local units of government that proactively make or have made 50 percent or more of the following recommended actions and have been approved by the State unlock the ability for a qualified developer to utilize the MI Home Grant and the MI Home Fund within those communities. • Reduce residential parking requirements to 1.5 space per dwelling or less • Allow accessory dwelling units (ADU) for long-term housing (not short-term rentals) as permitted use • Allow duplex as permitted use in residential Lansing Mayor Andy Schor speaks during the press conference announcing the MI Home Program proposal. He was joined on stage by: State Legislators: Rep. Mark Tisdel, Rep. Amos O’Neal, Rep. Samantha Steckloff, Rep. Natalie Price, Rep. Mike McFall Housing & Development Leaders: Daniel Dimitroff (Partner, RDS Management), Brian Farkas (Director of Workforce Housing, Allen Edwin Homes)

• Adopt pre-approved plans • Allow higher density near transit and employment centers • Allow single room occupancy for non-related individuals for long-term housing (not short-term rentals) • Reduce allowable dwelling unit size • Allow multiuse dwellings and mixed-use where commercial is allowed • Reduce governing body approvals by expanding and expediting administrative review approvals • Reduce minimum lot size requirements • Provide height density bonuses • Reduce tap fees • Allow modular as a permitted use in residential • Complete the Redevelopment Ready Communities program Kepley (Mayor, Kentwood), Joshua Atwood (Mayor Pro Tem, Lapeer), Donald Gerrie (Mayor, Sault Sainte Marie), Theresa Rich (Mayor, Farmington Hills), Ivery Toussant, Jr. (Councilmember, Harper Woods), Jennifer Antel (Mayor, Wayland), Joe LaRussa (Mayor, Farmington), George Bosanic (City Manager, Greenville) Michigan Municipal League Members: Bob Clark (Mayor, Monroe), Valerie Kindle (Mayor, Harper Woods), Barb Ziarko (Councilmember, Sterling Heights), Mark Vanderpool (City Manager, Sterling Heights), Brenda F. Moore (Mayor, Saginaw), Ed Klobucher (City Manager, Hazel Park), Stephen

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