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YOU DID IT! WE DID IT! PROP 1 PASSED!!!!

We want to thank all East Lansing voters. Prop 1 passed with 7972 voting in favor and 6666 against. Prop 1 won by a 1200 vote majority, including five off-campus precincts.

This vote and campaign showed that East Lansing residents want to have guests live in their home without potentially facing large retroactive fines.

We have forged a Community Consensus

 Those for and against Proposal 1 agree on the key points – they want to have live-in child care, to age in place without fines, to have loved ones live with them so they can be cared for and invite guests to live in the home. City Council and officials were already moving in that direction. YOU just made it official.

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Welcome to the Campaign!

On this page, you'll hear what trusted community leaders and residents are saying about Prop 1. You'll also see the most recent news coverage and ballot language, and get an explanation from retired Judge Giddings on how Prop 1 fixes EL's current housing issues. You can use the Menu to find more information. Thank you!

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Endorsements from Community Leaders

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Have You Read Prop 1 Yet?

Statement from circuit judge james r. giddings

"For those who wish to make a fact-based decision on this question, I urge you to vote for this important Proposal 1 which accomplishes one simple but important objective.  It allows East Lansing homeowners to choose who they wish to have living with them as long as that co-occupant does not pay rent."


--- Read Full Statement Below from Ret. Ingham County Circuit Judge James R. Giddings  (delivered to EL City Council, Oct 1)

--- Or Watch the Full Video Here, Giddings Clip 1 (youtube.com) 

Carol Siemon - Former Ingham County Prosecutor

 "I sold my home of 25 years at 1522 Hitching Post Rd. in East Lansing when I was in my mid-sixties. I moved to Lansing to find a home where I could “age in place." 


I was sad to leave East Lansing. One of the factors influencing my move was the uncertainty of what my own needs would be in the future, and if I could potentially meet them by having other people live in my home to provide companionship, support, and informal caregiving. 


I love East Lansing, but its ordinances and code enforcement relating to aging in place were unduly restrictive as to who could live in my home to meet my needs."

       Carol Siemon - Former Prosecutor

Letter from Barbara Ball-Mcclure, longtime Bailey Resident

"As long as I am living in my house, I should be able to invite guests to live with me! “Aging in place” is important for senior citizens like me."

New Media - Lansing League of Women Voters

Watch County Commissioner and Longtime East Lansing Resident Mark Grebner's Opening Statement to the Lansing League of Women Voters Forum

PROP 1 IN THE NEWS

Lansing State Journal's latest article outlining what is at stake in a decision over Prop 1

LANSING STATE JOURNAL ARTICLE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Here is the latest reporting from the City Pulse "Voters to Decide..."

CITY PULSE ARTICLE- OCTOBER 2, 2024

 In essence, the amendment would prohibit the city from restricting “relationships of persons living together as a household or residing in homes or interfere with rights of owners to live with persons of their choice, so long as they are not rent-paying tenants.” 

CITY PULSE ARTICLE - APRIL 24, 2024

 "We heard from East Lansing homeowners who cannot help a friend in need under current law. A friend may be trying to escape an abusive spouse. An unrelated, unemployed friend may need a short-term place to live. A family may need a place to live after losing a home to foreclosure....Homeowners cannot invite visiting scholars to live as guests. The city currently criminalizes owners and these relationships and subjects them to a fine. The amendment fixes this by allowing unrelated persons who do not pay rent to be lawful guests."  

CITY PULSE ARTICLE - MAY 8, 2024

WE HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM

 In 2013, two years after moving from her East Lansing condo to a new home, state Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou was hit with a stack of 33 tickets and more than $18,000 in fines from the city after she allowed a friend to stay in her condo rent-free until she sold it...

  

Tsernoglou was ticketed for violating East Lansing’s city housing code, which states that “occupancy of any dwelling by any person other than the owner of record shall be presumed to require a rental license.”

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