Tenant Right to Purchase Rental Property

Current understanding

HB6086 would create a new Michigan act establishing a right for tenants to purchase their rental property when the owner offers it for sale. This is a novel statutory framework not previously codified in Michigan law; the bill is at the introduced stage.

Evidence log

• 2026-05-19 — Individual income tax: credit; credit for the sale of mobile home park or seasonal mobile home to residents or resident’s association or cooperative; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding secs. 281 & 678. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0937’26: cross-connection with mobile-home-park-sale-tax-credit: Both policies aim to shift ownership of rental/lot-rent housing to residents — one via tax incentive to sellers, the other via a tenant right of first refusal. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-16 — Housing: landlord and tenants; purchase of rental property by tenants; provide for. Creates new act.: cross-connection with landlord-tenant-fee-limits: Both regulate landlord-tenant relationships, adjusting the balance of rights during the tenancy and at property transfer. (novelty: 3)

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