Ann Arbor — Ch. 105 Housing Code § 8:530

(1) Applicability. This section shall apply to all housing accommodations except:
(a) Premises otherwise subject to regulation of rents or evictions pursuant to state or federal law, to the extent that such state or federal law requires "good cause" for termination or nonrenewal of such tenancies.
(b) Fraternity houses, sorority houses, student cooperative housing, subleases, and leases with less than 8 months total duration.
(c) Premises subject to federal, state, county, or city government restrictions regarding income, age, or rent (or the practical application of these restrictions) that are in conflict with this section.
(d) This section shall only apply to leases entered into, renewed, or renegotiated after the effective date of this section.
(2) Landlord's offer to current tenant of lease renewal.
(a) If the landlord intends to renew the lease for a successive lease period, the landlord must, in writing via electronic communications, personal delivery, or U.S. mail, inform each current tenant regarding the offered terms and conditions for a successive lease period.
(b) Such offer must include:
(i) The names of the parties;
(ii) The address of the premises;
(iii) The price of rent and any fees;
(iv) The term of the successive lease period;
(v) A list of all changes in the terms and conditions from the current lease; and
(vi) The date by which the landlord requires the tenant to accept the offer.
(c) A landlord shall not make any renewal offer earlier than 180 days from the start of the current lease.
(3) Tenant's acceptance of landlord's offer for a successive lease period.
(a) A landlord may not require a tenant to accept an offer for a successive lease period sooner than 30 days after the offer is sent.
(b) A tenant's acceptance of a landlord's offer for a successive lease period must be in writing via electronic communications, personal delivery, or U.S. mail.
(c) The landlord must present a lease agreement for the successive lease period to the tenant for signature within 30 days of the date of the tenant's written acceptance of the landlord's offer for a successive lease period.
(d) The tenant must return the signed lease agreement to the landlord within 10 days of the date the tenant received the complete written lease agreement.
(e) The landlord must countersign the lease agreement for the successive lease period within 10 days of the date the landlord receives the tenant's signed lease agreement, and immediately return the countersigned copy to the tenant.
(f) If fewer than all current tenants sign a lease agreement for a successive lease period, named replacement tenants must be acceptable to the landlord in the landlord's usual screening process.
(4) Landlord's nonrenewal of a lease.
(a) If a landlord claims there is good cause not to renew the lease with a tenant, the landlord shall notify each such tenant in writing via electronic communications, personal delivery, or U.S. mail of the grounds for the good cause no later than 180 days into the current lease period.
(b) If a landlord does not make a good faith offer to renew a lease with a tenant, the landlord shall pay relocation assistance to the tenant as set forth below, unless the landlord has good cause not to offer a renewal.
(c) The relocation assistance payment shall be equal to 2-months rent based upon the current lease.
(d) Good cause for nonrenewal. A landlord is exempted from paying relocation assistance in any of the following circumstances:
(i) The tenant has not accepted the successive lease period within the time specified in the offer;
(ii) The tenants who accepted the renewal offer, along with any replacement tenants acceptable to the landlord, have not returned a signed lease to the landlord within 10 days of receipt;
(iii) The landlord can demonstrate a justification for not offering renewal, that is in existence within the time renewal is to be offered, that would permit a termination of tenancy under the Summary Proceedings Act, MCL 600.5714;
(iv) The owner seeks possession so that the owner or a member of the owner's immediate family may occupy the unit as that person's principal residence and no substantially equivalent unit is vacant and available in the same building. "Immediate family" includes the owner's domestic partner or spouse, parents, grandparents, children, siblings, and the siblings, parents, grandparents, or children of the owner's domestic partner or spouse; or
(v) The owner will not rent the premises for the successive term.
(5) Entry and leasing to another tenant for a subsequent lease period.
(a) A landlord shall not enter leased residential premises for the purpose of showing the premises to prospective tenants until after 210 days into the current lease period;
(b) A landlord may not enter into an agreement to rent the leased premises to another tenant for a subsequent lease period until after 210 days into the current lease period unless the landlord has good cause not to offer a renewal.
(6) Timing. For all leases exceeding 12 months total duration, the timelines required by this section will start to run on the first day of the final 12-month period of the lease.
(7) Waiver. The provisions of this section may not be waived by the parties to a lease agreement.
(8) Enforcement and remedies.
(a) Civil infractions. A violation of this section constitutes a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not less than $500.00 for the first offense and not less than $1,000.00 for each additional or subsequent offense.
(b) Private actions. To the extent allowed by law, a tenant who has been aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring a civil action for damages, or injunctive relief, or both, against the person(s) who acted in violation of this section. A court may order up to 2 times the relocation assistance payment for willful violations and may order costs and attorney fees in its discretion. Private actions and remedies under this section shall be in addition to any actions for violations which the city may take.
(c) A court may issue and enforce any judgment, writ, or order necessary to enforce this section, including a court order requiring a relocation assistance payment, if applicable.