rent control

Dozens with the group The Rent Is Too Damn High descended on the state capitol to call on Michigan lawmakers to pass a package of bills protecting renters.

Today, reading election-year tea-leaves at the Mackinac Policy Conference. Then, the end of federal pandemic aid for Michigan renters facing eviction.

In a number of Michigan cities including Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Grand Rapids, more than one in four renters are spending at least half their income on rent.

Renters can get sticker shock when they go to renew their lease and see a sharp hike in price. But that's perfectly legal in Michigan.

Here’s a timeline of events from the mid- to late-1980s, when rent control was a hot topic in Michigan.

Michigan lawmakers have introduced a package of bills to allow local governments to use rent control to keep housing affordable.Under Michigan law, local…