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Currently, Michigan landlords can deny a unit to someone because they depend on housing vouchers or other subsidy programs.

Borton’s resolution — which is a statement, not binding law — calls on the state agency to “take seriously” concerns brought forth in the months since the announcement by environmental groups, concerned citizens and local governments.

The session opened with talk of cooperation and goodwill. But the gavel hadn’t even come down on the first House session day before there was a standoff.

From short-term rentals to an insufficient supply of housing, northern Michigan struggles when it comes to people finding places to live that they can afford.

As state legislators consider Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed budget, northern Michigan residents are asking them to authorize funding for the office that handles broadband projects.

Boyne City is one northern Michigan community anxiously awaiting the result of proposed bills that would stop towns from imposing bans on vacation rentals. The area has seen an increase in short-term rentals, which some credit with worsening a housing shortage.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is facing scrutiny amid public comment and recent analysis from the head of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.

Michigan lawmakers are expected to rapidly advance a new state budget when they reconvene for session Tuesday.

The Legislature is expected to finalize and send a state budget to Governor Gretchen Whitmer by the end of this week.

On Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer again claimed the Legislature’s Republican leaders are failing to bargain on a COVID-19 plan for Michigan. The…