ROLLINGWOOD HOME OWNERS CORP., INC. v. City of Flint

In Renshaw,1 the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that a municipal housing commission established pursuant to the housing and slum clearance act of 19332 (the “act”), as was the defendant Flint Housing Commission, may exercise its powers and take necessary action to provide housing facilities for low income families and for *11the elimination of detrimental housing conditions without complying with local zoning’ ordinances.

The majority now say that, nevertheless, Flint’s “zoning ordinance may not be superseded except by an ordinance which necessarily is subject to a referendum” because a contract…