TREND. Statewide Short Term Rentals. Prohibiting Local Prohibitions.

Michigan’s Senate Bill 329 and House Bill 4503 prohibit local governments from creating anti-short term rental ordinances. 

How are these bills keeping short term rentals alive?

  • The bills prohibit cities from restricting short-term rentals in residential districts
  • The bills also do not allow cities to define a property renting for less than 28 days as a commercial use, a method some cities use to stop short term rentals.

News Review | Bills would prohibit bans on short-term rentals

Legal TREND. State Supreme Court. Restrictive Covenants Can Trigger Takings.

Kansas Supreme Court ruled in late July 2017 that a violation of a restrictive covenant by an entity with the power of eminent domain is a taking requiring compensation requiring just compensation.

Thats a lot of legal words, what does it mean? In this Kansas case it means that Kansas DOT acquired land that was restricted to single family homes via restricted covenant. When KSDOT builds a bridge or roadway on that land it creates a compensable damage to the subdivision that created the…