Adequate housing for workers is critical for Michigan agricultural producers and should not be negatively affected by local zoning ordinances.
We support MDARD as having exclusive responsibility for inspection and approval of occupancy for seasonal farm worker housing in Michigan.
We support amending the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act to allow farm worker housing, including multi-family housing and dormitories, as a use by right in all zones.
We support the creation of statewide migrant labor housing policy that preempts local authority.
We support legislation to allow farmers to share agricultural labor housing and the development of state tax assessing guidelines that support agricultural labor housing.
We oppose local zoning ordinances that are more strict for agricultural labor housing than those of any residential home.