New legislation would aim to make it easier to build new homes in MI
Among other things, the bills would allow duplexes in single-family residential areas, lower the minimum size for housing units, and reduce lot size requirements for single-family homes.
While the bills have bipartisan support, that backing isn’t guaranteed from local government groups.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-02-17/bipartisan-housing-bills-planned-for-legislative-introductionOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
I'm sure large real estate conglomerates would never abuse this in order to put more housing on a smaller amount of land in order to boost their profits. /s