Short-Term Rentals in Michigan (2026)

Wyoming, Michigan does not issue permits for short-term rentals because Sec. 10-3(2) bans them outright in every…

Dearborn requires a detailed certificate application before any short-term rental can operate: owner and agent…

Ann Arbor prohibits operating any short-term rental unit, Airbnb, VRBO, or similar, without a city-issued license…

Genesee County itself issues no short-term rental permit. In Michigan, cities, villages, and townships zone land under…

After issuing a one-room short-term rental permit, the Grand Rapids City Clerk must notify every owner and resident…

Kent County keeps no STR registry. Cities do. Kentwood, for instance, requires every rental dwelling to be entered in…

Macomb County government does not issue or require a short-term rental permit. Under Michigan law, STR permitting and…

Ann Arbor holds every licensed short-term rental host personally responsible for nuisance and noise complaints at the…

Dearborn requires every short-term rental's local agent to respond within 30 minutes to noise and disorderly-conduct…

Michigan imposes a 6% use tax on short-term rental accommodations under 30 days. Hosts must register with Treasury and…

Ann Arbor charges every short-term rental a nonrefundable license fee set annually by City Council resolution rather…

Dearborn charges a non-refundable $750 application fee for every short-term rental certificate under § 11-314(b)(14)…

Genesee County levies a 5% accommodations excise tax on the total charge for short-term lodging, including cleaning…

Kent County levies an 8% lodging (hotel/motel) excise tax, effective January 1, 2025, on anyone providing…

Macomb County levies no local accommodations or hotel-motel excise tax; it is statutorily ineligible because its…

Muskegon County's Accommodations Ordinance taxes anyone renting to a guest staying under 30 consecutive days, which…

Every STR booking of less than 30 days in Oakland County is subject to Michigan's 6% Use Tax under the Use Tax Act (MCL…

Grand Rapids treats a bed and breakfast as short-term lodging and requires one extra on-site parking space per guest…

Dearborn sets no single headcount cap for short-term rentals. Sec. 11-317(h) instead ties STR occupancy to the city's…

Wyoming, Michigan ties any lawful non-owner occupancy under Sec. 10-3 to the dwelling's already-established maximum…

Every Dearborn short-term rental certificate application must include a sworn statement that the owner has obtained…

Macomb County imposes no annual cap on the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Any night limit is a…

Grand Rapids requires the owner-operator of a licensed bed and breakfast or one-room rental to live on site and be…

Ann Arbor's homestay short-term rental license requires at least one permanent resident to remain on-site in the…

Dearborn's short-term rental ordinance treats an owner-occupied homestay differently from an owner-occupied off-site…

Kent County requires no host presence at short-term rentals. Cities decide. Grand Rapids' home-occupation framework…

Grand Rapids limits short-term lodging licenses to owner-occupied homes: a one-room rental or bed and breakfast must be…

Ann Arbor requires anyone licensing a principal-residence short-term rental, homestay or whole-house, to file a sworn…

Dearborn licenses three short-term rental types, and only two require owner-occupancy: an owner-occupied homestay or…

Ann Arbor's short-term rental code splits home-sharing into two license types: principal residence homestay, where the…

Renting a room in your Grand Rapids home by the night or week requires a Class B Home Occupation license from the City…

Short-term rentals need conditional use approval in Lansing's R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-MX residential zones, plus…

Ann Arbor can suspend or revoke a short-term rental license after a single violation, false statement, or nuisance…

Dearborn escalates short-term rental fines with each repeat offense, $500, then $750, then $1,000, and requires the…