18
Sep
HBA Wins Court Fight Against Building Permit Fees with Help from NAHB Fund
From NAHB Now
After nearly a decade of litigation and two trips to the state Supreme Court, the Home Builders Association of Michigan secured a resounding victory for the home building industry.
In 2010, the HBA of Michigan challenged certain building permit fees as unlawful under Michigan’s Construction Code Act. The act requires such fees to be reasonable and prohibits them from exceeding the cost of running the building department. But when the building department privatized, excess permit fees began going to the city’s general fund.