Sean Tidwell

Rule Changes

Warning of landlord distress

A three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled on Oct. 21 that a residential lease is void from the start when the rental lacks a required certificate of compliance. The case, Skidmore v. Hayashi, began in Oakland County over a West Bloomfield condo whose owners never got the township certificate; in Detroit, about 15% of rentals are certified, according to city data cited by Outlier Media.

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