Michigan Laws 125.2763 – Urban homestead program; operation; availability of single-family public housing properties
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2763
- Administrator: means a local governmental unit or a nonprofit community organization under contract with a local governmental unit to administer a homestead program under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2762
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Housing commission: means a housing commission or housing authority as defined under section 3 of the housing cooperation law, 1937 PA 293, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2762
- Local governmental unit: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.2762
- 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 housing commission to administer an urban homesteading program for single-family public housing under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2762
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
By resolution, and subject to federal and state law, a local governmental unit may authorize a housing commission within that local governmental unit or a nonprofit community organization under contract with the housing commission to operate an urban homestead program in single-family public housing to administer a homesteading program that makes single-family public housing properties available to eligible buyers to purchase under this act. In the resolution, the local governmental unit shall designate whether the housing commission 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.