Bill Text: MI SB0687 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

Michigan Senate Bill 687 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Civil rights; housing discrimination; prohibition for landlords to discriminate against renters based on source of income; provide for. Amends title & sec. 502 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2502).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-10 - Referred To Committee On Local Government [SB0687 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0687-Introduced.html

SENATE BILL NO. 687

December 10, 2019, Introduced by Senators IRWIN, BRINKS, GEISS, ALEXANDER, CHANG, MCMORROW, ANANICH, BAYER and MOSS and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled

"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"

by amending the title and section 502 (MCL 37.2502), the title as amended by 1992 PA 258 and section 502 as amended by 1992 PA 124.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

TITLE

An act to define civil rights; to prohibit discriminatory practices, policies, and customs in the exercise of those rights based upon religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status, or marital status, or source of income; to preserve the confidentiality of records regarding arrest, detention, or other disposition in which a conviction does not result; to prescribe the powers and duties of the civil rights commission and the department of civil rights; to provide remedies and penalties; to provide for fees; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.

Sec. 502. (1) A person engaging in a real estate transaction, or a real estate broker or salesman, salesperson, shall not on the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, familial status, or marital status, or source of income of a person or a person residing with that person do any of the following:

(a) Refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with a person.

(b) Discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection with a real estate transaction.

(d) Refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person.

(e) Represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or knowingly fail to bring a property listing to a person's attention, or refuse to permit a person to inspect real property, or otherwise make unavailable or deny real property to a person.

(f) Make, print, circulate, post, mail, or otherwise cause to be made or published a statement, advertisement, notice, or sign, or use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record of inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction, which that indicates, directly or indirectly, an intent to make a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination with respect to the real estate transaction.

(g) Offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with the understanding that a person may be discriminated against in a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith.with that transaction.

(h) Discriminate against a person in the brokering or appraising of real property.

(2) A person shall not deny a person access to, or membership or participation in, a multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting real property or to discriminate against him or her in the terms or conditions of that access, membership, or participation because of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, familial status, or marital status, or source of income.

(3) This section is subject to section 503.

(4) As used in this section, subject to subdivision (d), "source of income" means any lawful source of money paid directly or indirectly to, or on behalf of, a renter or buyer of housing, including, but not limited to, sources of money described in subdivisions (a) to (c), as follows:

(a) Money derived from any lawful profession or occupation.

(b) Money derived from any contract, agreement, loan, or settlement; from any court order, such as court-ordered child support or alimony; from any gift or bequest; or from any annuity or life insurance policy.

(c) Money derived from any benefit or subsidy program, including, but not limited to, any housing assistance, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Vouchers, or any other form of housing assistance payment or credit whether or not paid or attributed directly to a landlord; public assistance; emergency rental assistance; veterans benefit; Social Security or other retirement program; supplemental security income; or other program administered by any federal, state, or local agency or nonprofit entity.

(d) Source of income does not include income derived in an illegal manner.