Mobile home inspections by local governments

The Michigan House was expected to address House Bill 4801 on the floor of the House in late October. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Bob Constan (D-Dearborn Heights), would allow local governments to expand their rental housing inspections to include rented mobile homes. The bill amends the Mobile Home Commission Act to specify that a local government could inspect a mobile home for safety (whether it is located within or outside a mobile home park or a seasonal mobile home park), if the mobile home being inspected is being rented to a tenant by its owner. The period between inspections could not be longer than four years. The bill was approved by the House Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs Committee in June.