You have the right to quiet enjoyment of your home. This means your landlord can't do anything that prevents you from having access to your home. Your landlord must not: Use force or threaten to use force to make you leave or keep you out of your home.
If Breach of Quiet Enjoyment Forced You to Move, Contact a Tenant's Rights Lawyer. When landlord harassment, unreasonable noise, or lack of privacy make your rent-controlled unit so unlivable that you must leave, you may have cause for a wrongful eviction claim.
Quiet Enjoyment A landlord must allow the tenant the ability to use and enjoy the rental property without landlord interference. The general rule is that a landlord can only enter the rental property with the tenant's permission, except in emergencies.
Your complaint may be submitted to the Department using the appropriate Statement of Complaint form which can be obtained by calling (517) 241-9202. The complaint form may also be downloaded online at .michigan/dleg. Briefly list all of the specific items that form the basis of your complaint.
Except for emergencies, such as urgent repairs that threaten the safety or well-being of the tenant, Michigan landlords must provide proper notice before entering a tenant's living space.
If you own an occupied home in the City which you do not live in, you are a landlord as defined by the Municipal Code and you are required to obtain a landlord license from the City even if you do not collect rent.
Entering the Unit Without Proper Notice This is one of the biggest errors landlords can make in violating the covenant of quiet enjoyment. Tenants will feel very violated if landlords storm into their homes unannounced, or if they come home and find that someone was in their apartment while they were out.
Your landlord can't enter your home without permission except in an emergency. If there is a problem that your landlord needs to enter your home to fix, you should be given notice a reasonable time before the landlord plans to enter.