2026-09-12 · Michigan · Legislation · Pending — not yet law

What happened. Six bills that would give Michigan manufactured-housing residents a statutory opportunity to buy their own community passed the Senate on 19 May 2026 with margins running from 31–3 to 34–0. All six went to House Government Operations the same day and none has moved since.¹

They are not law. They are the most advanced community-housing package of the session by a wide margin.

The package

• SB 934 (Sen. John Cherry, D-27) — passed 31–3. A wholesale rewrite of the Mobile Home Commission Act, 1987 PA 96, amending the title and numerous sections, with three-business-day meeting notice provisions and protections against termination of utility service to residents for a park owner's nonpayment.
• SB 935 (Sen. Joseph Bellino Jr., R-16) — passed 32–2.
• SB 936 (Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-3) — passed 32–2. Procedure for declaring a mobile home abandoned.
• SB 937 (Sen. Rosemary Bayer, D-13) — passed 34–0, unanimous. The opportunity-to-purchase bill; detail below.
• SB 938 (Sen. Roger Hauck, R-34) — passed 32–2. A 15% income tax credit of the purchase price for an owner who sells to residents or a residents' association or cooperative, for tax years beginning on and after 1 January 2026. Nonrefundable, and tie-barred to SB 937.
• SB 939 (Sen. Rick Outman, R-33) — passed 32–2. Gives MSHDA authority to administer the resident ownership revolving fund.

Read the margins. In a Senate split 19–18, this package is not partisan.

1. Senate Bill 937 (S-1) as passed by the Senate — opportunity to purchase, new MCL 125.2330m ↩
2. Senate Bill 937 of 2026 — bill record, roll call and history ↩
3. Senate Bill 938 as passed by the Senate — 15% tax credit on a sale to residents ↩