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East Lansing landlords urge pause on sweeping rental-code rewrite; council defers ordinance 15-49
Summary
Property owners and landlords told the council the 174-page draft of ordinance 15-49 goes beyond technical cleanup and asked for more stakeholder engagement. Council deferred consideration of the rental licensing rewrite to a January meeting to allow more review and outreach.
Landlords, property managers and housing stakeholders urged the East Lansing City Council on Dec. 9 to postpone action on a broad rewrite of the city's rental licensing code, arguing the current draft contains major substantive changes that require more review.
Multiple speakers — including Matt Hagen of Hagen Realty, Nancy Marr of Prime Housing Group and Jeff Hudgins of Hudgins Realty — said they were told the revisions would be technical cleanup but instead received a 174‑page document with…
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