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Housing and Human Services
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- Meeting date
- 2023-05-16
- Scheduled start
- 2023-05-16 08:30:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2023-05-16 08:35:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2023-05-16 09:55:00.000000
- Location
- the 403 Room of the Capitol Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2023-05-16 09:55:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2023-05-16 08:35:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-259
- Committee name
- Housing and Human Services
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. MARY CAVANAGH SEN. ROSEMARY BAYER SEN. SUE SHINK SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG SEN. JOHN CHERRY SEN. ERIKA GEISS SEN. JONATHAN LINDSEY, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. MICHELE HOITENGA SEN. JOHN DAMOOSE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES SENATOR JEFF IRWIN CHAIR 5100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-2406 FAX: (517) 373-5679 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES May 16, 2023 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services was scheduled for Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., in the 403 Room of the Capitol Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 205 (Sen. Cavanagh). 2. Testimony regarding SB 206 (Sen. Bayer). 3. Testimony regarding SB 207 (Sen. Irwin). The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Irwin, Sen.(s) Santana, Cavanagh, Bayer, Shink, Chang, Geiss, Lindsey, Hoitenga, and Damoose, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the meeting minutes from March 21, 2023. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair made a motion to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen. Cherry was excused from the meeting. The Chair summarized SB 207. The Chair invited Sen. Bayer to summarize SB 206. The Chair invited Sen. Cavanagh to summarize SB 205. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 205, SB 206, and SB 207: Lisa Chapman, Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness – Support Ms. Terri, Citizen – Support Joseph Layde, Citizen – Support Tracey Hoesch, Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness – Support Shearese Stapleton, Citizen – Support Erika Farley, Rental Property Owners Association of Michigan – Oppose Page 1 of 3 Marea Powell, PK Companies and Property Management Association of Michigan – Oppose Brad Ward, Michigan Realtors – Oppose Elizabeth Kelly, Hope Shelters – Support Ben Tobin, Apartment Association of Michigan – Oppose The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 207: Jessica Ortiz Farley, Fair Housing Center of Southeast and Mid-Michigan – Support The following cards were turned in of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 205, SB 206, and SB 207: Jim Schaafsma, Michigan Poverty Law Program – Support John Fournier, City of Ann Arbor – Support Tim Langholz, NFIB – Oppose Dawn Crandall, HBA of Michigan – Oppose Todd Tennis, Center for Civil Justice – Support Jessica AcMoody, Community Economic Development Association of Michigan – Support Rob Kennedy, Michigan Community Action – Support John Lindley, Michigan Manufactured Housing Association – Oppose Mark Garcia, MSHDA – Support Amanda Klein, United Way of Southeastern Michigan – Support Matt Sowash, Zillow – Support Julie Kendrick, Degage Ministries – Support Glenn Wilson, Communities First, Inc. – Support Michelle LaJoie, Alger Marquette Community Action Board – Support Eric Welsby, Detroit Disability Power – Support Charlie Cavell, Oakland County Board of Commissioners – Support Heather VanDenburg, MCREST – Support Lee Nelson Weber, Citizen – Support Alyssa Rietveld, COTS – Support Nancy Haynes, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan – Support Dana Paglia-King, MSW Candidate at Wayne State University – Support Shelley Brinkmann, Citizen – Support Monique Stanton, Michigan League for Public Policy – Support Angela Burchard, Citizen – Support Tobi Hanna-Davies, Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community and Truth, Raical Healing and Transformation – Support Beth Berglin, Kalamazoo Community Foundation – Support Amanda Carlisle, Washtenaw Housing Alliance – Support Stephanie Hoffman, Kalamazoo City Commissioner – Support Todd Rockhill, Housing Services Mid-Michigan – Support Max Glick, Lighthouse MI – Support Jessi Averill, Citizen – Support Ian Vincent, Citizen – Support The following cards were turned in of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 207: Alex Kontras, Housing Kent – Support Nancy Lindman, Michigan Association of United Ways – Support Lyn Raymond, United Way of Ottawa and Allegan Counties – Support Page 2 of 3 There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:55 a.m. Date Adopted by Committee: June 6, 2023 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 403 Room of the Capitol Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2023-05-16
- Meeting id
- meeting-3905
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2023-05-16 08:30:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Housing and Human Services,” /meetings/meeting-3905.
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