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Michigan continues to face a significant housing shortage. Recent estimates indicate the state needs more than 115,000 additional housing units to meet demand. Limited housing supply contributes to rising home prices, higher rents, reduced affordability, and fewer opportunities for families to enter the housing market. Local zoning regulations can significantly affect the cost and availability of housing. In many communities, restrictive zoning policies limit housing types, density, and development flexibility, which can increase construction costs and reduce housing supply.

Do you believe Michigan should pursue reasonable statewide zoning reforms to encourage housing development and reduce local obstacles to housing? How would you balance local authority with the need to increase housing supply statewide?

As housing affordability challenges continue, there are legislative proposals aimed at placing additional mandates on housing providers and landlords. Examples include restrictions on tenant screening tools such as credit checks or criminal background checks, capping necessary fees, creating eviction restrictions. These mandates do not create new housing and significantly impact a property owners’ ability to make a profit and reduce their available capital to reinvest into the rental, especially mom and pop landlords with few properties.

Do you believe that the Michigan’s housing shortage can be solved by these mandates, or would you support incentive-based policies to encourage the continued availability of rental housing?

Rent control policies place government limits on the amount a housing provider can charge for rent. Economists widely agree that Rent Control reduces the quantity and quality of available housing, especially in the supply of low to midrange units. Since the 1980s, Michigan law has prohibited local rent control ordinances.

What is your opinion on rent control? Would you support eliminating Michigan’s current prohibition on local rent control ordinances?

Proposal A of 1994 significantly changed Michigan’s property tax system by capping annual increases in taxable value at the rate of inflation or 5 percent, whichever is lower. When a property is sold, the taxable value is “uncapped,” and the new owner pays taxes based on the current market value of the property. This is commonly referred to as the “pop-up tax.” This system effects buyers that face a large property tax increase once their new property is uncapped, and effects sellers as a disincentive to move because of their current lower property tax bill.

Would you support reforms to the current structure to spur activity in Michigan’s real estate market by providing pop-up tax relief? What about overall property tax relief?

There are current discussions in Lansing regarding expanding Michigan’s sales tax to include “luxury” services. Do you support expanding the sales tax to services? Do you believe that housing and commercial real estate are luxuries or necessities?

LARA administers licenses for more than 60,000 real estate brokers, salespersons, and appraisers in Michigan. As a regulated industry, REALTORS® regularly engage with the Department on licensing issues to protect consumers and maintain professional standards.

Do you believe professional licensing provides value to consumers and the marketplace, or do you believe it creates barriers to entry for workers in Michigan?

Michigan’s real estate professionals primarily operate as independent contractors. Independent contractor status allows REALTORS® to operate their own businesses, build their own brands, and maintain flexible schedules. Current licensing law recognizes the relationship between a broker and a salesperson as an independent contractor relationship with supervision requirements. Legislation has been introduced at both the state and federal level to create new tests to determine whether workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors.

Would you support legislation that changes how independent contractor status is determined? If so, should exceptions exist for industries such as real estate?

Short-term rentals have existed in Michigan for generations and allow property owners to make a little income, own second homes, and support tourism throughout the state. In recent years, some local governments have used zoning ordinances to ban or severely restrict short-term rentals.

Should local governments be allowed to use zoning to ban the rental of a residential property on a short-term basis (less than 28 days)? Would you support a statewide framework that: 1) protects property owners’ ability to rent 2) allow for registration and local enforcement of health and safety regulations 3) Creates tax parity between short-term rentals and traditional lodging facilities?

Michigan currently requires the Seller Disclosure Form in most residential transactions. This form allows sellers to communicate known conditions of the property to buyers before a sale. Michigan REALTORS® support the use of this form along with voluntary professional inspections negotiated between buyers and sellers. Government-mandated inspections and testing can add significant cost and delay and may even prevent real estate transactions.

How do you feel about government-mandated inspections at the time a home is sold for items such as energy efficiency, lead paint, or preventing the transfer of property based on the condition of a well or septic system?