Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2506 (2026)

Real estate transactions; prohibited representations.

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ELLIOTT-LARSEN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT


Act 453 of 1976


37.2506 Real estate transactions; prohibited representations.

Sec. 506.

    A person shall not represent, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which the person may benefit financially, that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect to religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, or marital status of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located, or represent that this change will or may result in the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located.

    

    

History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 124, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1992 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 6, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Lucy v. Amoco Oil Co., 582 F. Supp. 1168 (E.D. Mich. 1984).
Lucy v. Amoco Oil Co., 582 F. Supp. 1168 (E.D. Mich. 1984). · cites it 2× “Finally, Amoco cites § 37.2506, which prohibits representations that the ethnic composition of a neighborhood has or will change for the purpose of including a real estate transaction (the practice colloquially described as “blockbusting”).”
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