LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Gov. Whitmer rounded out 2024 by signing a series of bills, including ones that spur the expansion of low income housing in the state.

Whitmer applauds affordable housing expansion.

Three Democrats sponsored Senate Bills 205, 206, and 207 which Whitmer says “expands affordable housing options.” State Senators Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Township), Rosemary Bayer (D-West Bloomfield), and Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) sponsored the bills, which also prevent landlords from denying a tenant housing based on their source of income.

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Whitmer states she is “proud” to sign what she called “commonsense bills.”

In addition, during the recent lame duck session, Democrats expanded welfare benefits from 20 weeks to 26 weeks.

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State Senators Rosemary Bayer (D-West Bloomfield), Sue Shink (D-Northfield Township), and Stepanie Chang (D-Detroit) sponsored bills that “ease the rules for a victim’s testimony and allow a perpetrator’s prior criminal activities as pieces of evidence,” according to Whitmer’s office.

Earlier this month, several Republicans blasted the bills saying they weren’t well written and were nothing more than “grandstanding.” Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-Rockford), the incoming House Floor Majority Leader, said at the time that this set of bills would not make “that big of an impact” on people’s lives. He also mentioned that when Republicans take over the House on Jan. 1 they can take the time to craft a better package.

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