June 2023 - The Michigan Community Association Law Blog

Board of Directors• June 29, 2023

The CROWN Act Passes in Michigan: How Does That Impact Your Community Association?

Michigan is now the 23rd state with a law that bars racial discrimination to include discrimination based on hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists. Senate Bill 90, also known as the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair or CROWN Act updates the definition of race in the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to…

Condominium Document Enforcement• June 6, 2023

Can a Michigan Condominium or Homeowners Association Ban a Thin Blue Line Flag?

Although the history of the term “thin blue line” can be traced back to the mid-1800s, the term gained national popularity in the 1950s through Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Parker’s statement that the Los Angeles Police Department was the thin blue line that acted as a barrier between law and order on one side and civil anarchy on the…