Where Can I Get Rent Assistance or Eviction Help in Michigan?

Michigan Legal Help is a free website for anyone with a Michigan legal problem, including renters. It has self-help guides on leases, landlord problems, eviction, and security deposits. Its Guide to Legal Help tool asks about your problem and income, then points you to legal aid lawyers or self-help tools. It also lists self-help centers in courthouses near you.

Michigan 211 connects you with help for housing, utilities (water, electric, gas), food, and other needs anywhere in Michigan. Call 211 or 844-875-9211, or text your zip code to 898211. It is free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Last year, it helped over 500,000 people find help.

Michigan's Attorney General has a Consumer Protection team. It takes complaints about businesses, scams, and other money problems. It handles about 10,000 complaints a year. Its website has a landlord and tenant page. Call 877-765-8388 to make a complaint or ask a question.

The Michigan Department of Civil Rights looks into complaints that someone was treated unfairly because of who they are, including in housing. File a complaint online or call 1-800-482-3604.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) keeps a directory of housing counselors approved by the U.S. government. It also lists affordable rentals for Michigan renters.

Michigan's State Emergency Relief (SER) program helps pay for the cost of emergency situations. Apply through MI Bridges, the state's online system for benefit applications. You can apply for more than one program at a time.