Hands Off My Hometown
Hands Off My Hometown
Stop Lansing
from destroying
your neighborhood!
Attention Michigan Homeowners: you might not have heard, but Lansing is trying to take away your rights to have any say in what is built next door, in your neighborhood, and in your town.
Special interests have proposed nine new bills, by which Lansing will take over the local zoning codes that protects the value of your home. Small lots, small houses, mobile homes, and no way to object!
There is still time to stop this awful legislation. Let the Michigan House and Senate know that this plan to take away your rights must be defeated.
Sign the petition to tell Lansing HANDS OFF MY HOMETOWN!
Sign here to tell Lansing Hands Off My Hometown
Michiganders have seen, over the last few years, an erosion of their control over what goes in their neighborhoods. From solar farms, to pot shops, from unwanted new development to the scourge of data centers, Lansing has made it clear that THEY want to tell YOU what goes in your neighborhood.
The latest is an outright attack on local zoning codes. Lansing has a package of nine bills, including those that would mandate allowing:
-
Houses that are only 500 square feet
-
Minimum lot sizes of only 1500 square feet
-
Duplexes in single-family neighborhoods
-
Mobile homes in residential subdivisions
-
In-law units in your neighbor’s backyard
Right now, if a community thinks such a dense development is warranted, they certainly can approve it. If they want to approve a mobile home park or duplexes, they can. But these bills go too far—they would REQUIRE cities, townships and villages to approve a massive increase in traffic and new units, even over the objection of every single resident. This is WRONG, and you can help us stop it. Sign the petition below to let your legislators know how misguided this is!
For almost a hundred years, families could buy homes in nice neighborhoods and rely on the fact that their local government would protect their investment. This is all being taken away by special interest groups in Lansing. Even though the Michigan Townships Association, the Michigan Municipal League, and the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, groups that consist of YOUR locally-elected officials, all oppose this legislation, some people in Lansing are pushing forward.
Objections to this takeover cross the political spectrum. Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike oppose Lansing taking over development in your hometown. But it gets worse. These bills also:
-
Eliminate setbacks, so your neighbor can build right to your property line.
-
Make it more difficult for residents to challenge a zoning change
-
Eliminate the detailed review that cities, townships and villages complete before approving development, leading to a higher risk of construction problems and unknown impacts.
This legislation needs to be stopped. Local development should go through local rules and local approval. Don’t let Lansing put your home value at risk. Sign here to tell Lansing HANDS OFF MY HOMETOWN!
Attention Michigan Homeowners: you might not have heard, but Lansing is trying to take away your rights to have any say in what is built next door, in your neighborhood, and in your town.
Special interests have proposed nine new bills, by which Lansing will take over the local zoning codes that protects the value of your home. Small lots, small houses, mobile homes, and no way to object!
There is still time to stop this awful legislation. Let the Michigan House and Senate know that this plan to take away your rights must be defeated.
Sign the petition to tell Lansing HANDS OFF MY HOMETOWN!
The LEGISLATION
Read the bills for yourself
HB 5529 – Allows parcels as small as 1,500 sf
HB 5530 – Allows lots as small as 1,500 sf
HB 5531 – Overrides local ordinances that require detailed site plan review
HB 5532 – Makes it more difficult for residents to fight a zoning change
HB 5581 – Allows homes as small as 500 square feet
HB 5582 – Allows mobile homes in all residential zones
HB 5583 – Reduce setback requirements between homes
HB 5584 – Allow duplexes in single-family zones
HB 5585 – Allow in-law units on residential lots
We the local homeowners and residents know what is best for our home towns / townships / counties! We do not want centralized big government telling us how we should be living and what our communities should look like. Decisions on planning and zoning should always be decided by local residents. We built and support our communities. Keep your hands off local control!
Kimberely, Perry
I believe it constitutionally and morally wrong for the state to tell local governments how to govern their citizens… no location is the same geographically or culturally as another and the needs of those in Kenawa, Sault traverse city or Detroit or even Dundee are nothing alike …. Federal should not make laws for individual states and neither should states for their individual counties or cities.
Marta, Sault Ste. Marie
When's the government overreach gonna stop.
James, Ypsilanti
Contact Hands Off My Hometown
handsoffmyhometown@gmail.com