Detroit — Ch. 22 Art. VIII Fair Chance Access to Rental Housing § 22-8-8

(a) A housing provider shall state in all solicitations or advertisements for the rental or lease of eligible housing, or made on their behalf, that the housing provider shall consider qualified applicants consistent with this article. This language shall include, at minimum, the following statement:
"The rental or lease of this property must comply with Chapter 22, Article VIII, of the 2019 Detroit City Code regulating the use of criminal background checks as part of the tenant screening process to provide citizens with criminal backgrounds a fair opportunity. For additional information, please contact the City of Detroit Office of Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity."
(b) The administering agency shall publish and make available to housing providers, in all languages spoken by more than five percent of the City's population, a notice suitable for posting that informs applicants for eligible housing of their rights under this article. This notice shall be updated on or before December 1st of any year when there is a change in the languages spoken by more than five percent of the City's population.
(c) In addition to the requirements for solicitations or advertisements in Subsection (a) of this section, housing providers shall post a notice prominently on their website and at any location under their control that is frequently visited by applicants or potential applicants for the rental or lease of eligible housing in the City. In addtion, this notice shall be available to applicants in hard copy and provided with an application. The notice requirements in this section shall contain the following additional information, which may be summarized by the housing provider or available from the administering agency pursuant to Section 22-8-14 (a)(1) of this Code:
(1) A description of those matters identified in Section 22-8-5 of this Code that may not be considered by the housing provider;
(2) A description of the restrictions and requirements that Section 22-8-5 of this Code imposes on housing providers when inquiring about conviction history in connection with an application for the rental or lease of eligible housing in the City;
(3) The circumstances and timeline under which the applicant or potential applicant has a right to provide evidence of rehabilitation and other mitigating factors as provided in Section 22-8-7 of this Code; and
(4) The telephone number, email address, and mailing address of the administering agency that the applicant or potential applicant may use to make a report where he or she believes the housing provider has violated this article in their interactions with the applicant or potential applicant.