Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2703

  • Administrator: means a local governmental unit, or a nonprofit community organization under contract with a local governmental unit. See Michigan Laws 125.2702
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Local governmental unit: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.2702
  • Nonprofit community organization: means an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 with experience in housing issues and that contracts with a local governmental unit to administer an urban homestead program under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2702
   By resolution, a local governmental unit may operate, or may contract with a nonprofit community organization to operate and administer, an urban homestead program that makes property available to qualified buyers to rent and purchase under this act. In the resolution, the local governmental unit shall designate whether the local governmental unit or the nonprofit community organization shall be the administrator under this act. In the resolution, the local governmental unit shall also provide an appeals process to applicants and qualified buyers who are adversely affected by a decision of the administrator.