Detroit Property Maintenance Code makes landlords responsible for rodent and insect abatement in rental units and common areas, while tenants must keep individual units sanitary to prevent infestations.
Detroit adopts Chapter 9 of the property maintenance code, which assigns landlord responsibility for extermination of rodents, cockroaches, and bedbugs in multifamily buildings and common areas, and in single-family rentals when infestation is not caused by tenant conduct. BSEED inspectors investigate complaints, often coordinating with the Health Department on rat-baiting programs in alley networks. Owners must seal openings larger than a half inch, remove harborage, and use Michigan-licensed pesticide applicators for chemical treatments. Bedbug response is typically split between unit-level treatment and building-wide inspections. Tenants must report infestations promptly and grant access for treatment.
Pest-related code violations begin around $250 per unit; failure to abate can lead to BSEED tickets, blight referral, and rental certificate suspension.
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