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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.657 (2026)

Municipal housing commission; powers and duties.

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HOUSING FACILITIES


Act 18 of 1933 (Ex. Sess.)


125.657 Municipal housing commission; powers and duties.

Sec. 7.

    Such commission shall have the following enumerated powers and duties:

    (a) To determine in what areas of the city or village it is necessary to provide proper sanitary housing facilities for families of low income and for the elimination of housing conditions which are detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, morals, and/or welfare;

    (b) To purchase, lease, sell, exchange, transfer, assign and mortgage any property, real or personal, or any interest therein, or acquire the same by gift, bequest or under the power of eminent domain; to own, hold, clear and improve property; to engage in or to contract for the design and construction, reconstruction, alteration, improvement, extension, and/or repair of any housing project or projects or parts thereof; to lease and/or operate any housing project or projects;

    (c) To control and supervise all parks and playgrounds forming a part of such housing development but may contract with existing departments of the city or village for operation or maintenance of either or both;

    (d) To establish and revise rents of any housing project or projects, but shall rent all property for such sums as will make them self-supporting, including all charges for maintenance and operation, for principal and interest on loans and bonds, and for taxes;

    (e) To rent only to such tenants as are unable to pay for more expensive housing accommodations;

    (f) To call upon other departments for assistance in the performance of its duties, but said departments shall be reimbursed for any added expense incurred therefor.

    (g) It shall have such other powers relating to said housing facilities project as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution of the governing body of the city or village or as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.

History: 1933, Ex. Sess., Act 18, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1934 ;-- CL 1948, 125.657

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1969–2016 · leading case: Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. City of Detroit, 662 N.W.2d 695 (Mich. 2003).
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Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. City of Detroit, 662 N.W.2d 695 (Mich. 2003). · cites it 2× “Afscme makes the same argument in relation to MCL 125.657, which sets forth the enumerated powers and duties of housing commissions.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. City of Detroit, 652 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “654(5)(c), to make determinations concerning low-income housing and the elimination of detrimental housing, MCL 125.657(a), to solicit funds for operation, MCL 125.”
City of Grand Rapids v. Grand Rapids Employees Indep. Union, 597 N.W.2d 284 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). “3014, MCL 125.657; MSA 5.3017. The act was substantially amended in 1996 and it was those amendments that precipitated the actions that are the subject of this appeal.”
McDowell v. City of Detroit, 690 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 3× “Defendants were engaged in the “the exercise or discharge of a governmental function,” namely the operation of low-income housing projects, MCL 125.657(b), as specifically contemplated by MCL 691.”
Renshaw v. Coldwater Hous. Comm'n, 165 N.W.2d 5 (Mich. 1969). “” CL 1948, § 125.657. “Sec. 39. This act shall, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, be deemed full authority for the purposes herein provided for and for the issuance and sale of the bonds by this act authorized, and shall be construed as an additional and…”
Rollingwood Home Owners Corp., Inc. v. City of Flint, 181 N.W.2d 797 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 4× “3013); that such commission may determine in what area of the city proper sanitary housing facilities for low income families should be erected, and may contract for the design and construction of any housing project or projects, MCLA § 125.657 (Stat Ann 1969 Rev § 5.3017); that…”
Real Life Living Servs. Inc v. City of Manistee Hous. Commissi (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “” Further, MCL 125.657 grants municipal housing commissions “the following enumerated powers and duties”: (a) To determine in what areas of the city or village it is necessary to provide proper sanitary housing facilities for families of low income and for the elimination of…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.657(a) — 1 case
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. City of Detroit, 652 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “654(5)(c), to make determinations concerning low-income housing and the elimination of detrimental housing, MCL 125.657(a), to solicit funds for operation, MCL 125.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.657(b) — 2 cases
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. City of Detroit, 652 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “654(5)(c), to make determinations concerning low-income housing and the elimination of detrimental housing, MCL 125.657(a), to solicit funds for operation, MCL 125.”
McDowell v. City of Detroit, 690 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). “Defendants were engaged in the “the exercise or discharge of a governmental function,” namely the operation of low-income housing projects, MCL 125.657(b), as specifically contemplated by MCL 691.”
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