Ann Arbor — Ch. 122 Fair Chance Access to Housing § 9:602

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1)
Adverse action means a refusal to engage in or negotiate a rental unit transaction; denying tenancy; representing that a rental unit is not available for rent or lease when it is, in fact, available; refusing to add a household member to an existing lease; applying different terms or conditions to a rental unit transaction; or otherwise making a rental unit unavailable.
(2) Aggrieved individual means an applicant who believes they were subject to an adverse action; a tenant who believes they or their close family member was subject to an adverse action at their rental unit based on the application of an applicant to reside in such family member's rental unit; or a tenant who believes they were subject to an adverse action based on the application of an individual to reside in such tenant's rental unit to replace an existing tenant, add a new tenant, or to sublet.
(3) Applicant means an individual or group of individuals considered or who request(s) to be considered for tenancy within a housing accommodation, including any rental unit.
(4) Arrest record means information indicating that an individual has been questioned, apprehended, taken into custody or detention, held for investigation, arrested, charged with, indicted or tried for any felony, misdemeanor, or other offense by any law enforcement or military authority.
(5) Background check report means any report regarding an applicant's criminal history, including, but not limited to, those produced by law enforcement agencies, courts, or by any consumer reporting or tenant screening agency.
(6) Close family member means spouse, domestic partner, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or grandchild.
(7) Conditional offer means an offer that is conditioned on the results of the housing provider's inquiry into or gathering information about the applicant's criminal history.
(8) Conviction means the final judgment arising from a verdict of guilty, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere.
(9) Criminal history means information transmitted orally or in writing or by any other means, and obtained from any source, including, but not limited to, the individual to whom the information pertains, a government agency or a background check report, regarding: one or more convictions or arrest records; a conviction that has been sealed, dismissed, vacated, expunged, voided, invalidated, or otherwise rendered inoperative by judicial action or by statute; a determination or adjudication in the juvenile justice system; a matter considered in or processed through the juvenile justice system; or participation in or completion of a diversion or a deferral of judgment program.
(10) Housing means any residential rental housing, building, or unit, whether legally permitted or not, in the City of Ann Arbor, with the exception of the following:
(a) Single-family dwellings where the owner or subleasing tenant occupies the dwelling as their principal residence;
(b) An accessory rental unit or detached accessory rental unit wherein the owner or individual entitled to possession thereof maintains a permanent residence on the same lot;
(c) A dwelling unit in a residential property that is divided into a maximum of 3 units, one of which is occupied by the owner as their principal residence;
(d) Units where the owner has previously occupied the rental unit as their principal residence and has the right to recover possession for their occupancy as a principal residence under a written rental agreement with the current tenants; and
(e) Tenant-occupied units where an occupying tenant seeks to replace an existing co-tenant, add an additional co-tenant, or sublet the unit, provided that the occupying tenant remains in occupancy.
(11) Housing provider means a landlord, owner, lessor, sublessor, assignee, or their agent, or any other person receiving or entitled to receive rents or benefits for the use or occupancy of any rental unit within a housing facility in the city, except for public housing agencies as defined in 24 CFR § 982.4 and permanent supportive housing providers.
(12) Individual means a human being, as distinguished from a person, as defined under this Code.
(13) Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is a combination of affordable housing and voluntary support services provided by the same person and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates that helps people achieve housing stability and lead healthier, productive lives.
(14) Person is as defined in Title I, section 1.8 of this Code.