Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 125. Planning, Housing and Zoning § 125.2703

Sec. 3. By resolution, a local governmental unit may operate, or may contract with a nonprofit community organization to operate and administer, an urban homestead program that makes property available to qualified buyers to rent and purchase under this act. In the resolution, the local governmental unit shall designate whether the local governmental unit or the nonprofit community organization shall be the administrator under this act. In the resolution, the local governmental unit shall also provide an appeals process to applicants and qualified buyers who are adversely affected by a decision of the administrator.