Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 490. Credit Unions § 490.406

(a) Assist in providing cooperative housing and related facilities for its members. A domestic credit union shall not invest more than 5% of its unimpaired share capital in programs described in this subdivision. This section does not authorize a domestic credit union to invest in the stock of a housing cooperative.

(b) Assist in creating a housing cooperative for its members.

(c) Assist a housing cooperative composed of its members in selecting a housing site.

(a) The property is suitable for a housing cooperative and related facilities for its members.

(b) The domestic credit union will dispose of its interest in the property to a housing cooperative within 3 years.

(c) The purchase price of the property does not exceed the appraised value of the property as determined by a competent disinterested appraiser retained by the domestic credit union.

(d) Before the domestic credit union acquires its interest, if state or federal assistance is contemplated, the domestic credit union where possible obtains the approval of the state or federal agency that will assist the housing cooperative in determining the acceptability to that agency of the property for use as a cooperative housing site.

(a) “Domestic credit union” may include more than 1 domestic credit union acting in combination.

(b) “Housing cooperative” means a nonprofit housing cooperative corporation.