Room Rental Agreement in Michigan

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Michigan law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No special statute for a lodger in the owner's own home. The Landlord-Tenant Act's definition of 'rental unit' expressly includes boarding houses and rooming houses, and a person who occupies a unit with the owner's consent for agreed payment is a tenant. Such a lodger is generally removed by notice and summary proceedings. Source: MCL 554.601(c), (g)
Tenancy at will	An estate at will or by sufferance may be ended by either party with 1 month's notice, or, if rent is payable at intervals shorter than 3 months, notice equal to the interval between payments. For nonpayment of rent, the landlord may give a written 7-day notice to quit. A person who holds over after such a notice can be removed by summary proceedings. Source: MCL 554.134(1)-(2); 600.5714(1)(c)(iii)

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No special statute for a lodger in the owner's own home. The Landlord-Tenant Act's definition of 'rental unit' expressly includes boarding houses and rooming houses, and a person who occupies a unit with the owner's consent for agreed payment is a tenant. Such a lodger is generally removed by notice and summary proceedings.

Source: MCL 554.601(c), (g)

Tenancy at will

An estate at will or by sufferance may be ended by either party with 1 month's notice, or, if rent is payable at intervals shorter than 3 months, notice equal to the interval between payments. For nonpayment of rent, the landlord may give a written 7-day notice to quit. A person who holds over after such a notice can be removed by summary proceedings.

Source: MCL 554.134(1)-(2); 600.5714(1)(c)(iii)

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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