n you decide to rno e, you mu
your landlord equate notice
t the landlord c-. fmel meo el
occupy that partment or home soon
ifter you mo out. Adequ te not' e
u y determined by your rental
period. If yl'!; P y your rent at the 0
. . , of each month then you are
prob bly month-to-month tenant and
you mu the 1 dlord 30 d ys
notice that you are moving out. Th t
. not true if you h a h.kh
commit yo to rent' an ap.artrn nt
or home for a period of time ch
6 months.
o peop e ho do not ha e
P rt thei rent monthly. Public
. ance recip ient ho r, u ally
rt their rent ice a month since they
receive their te aid che that ay
ra r th in lump m. . techni-
th rental period' e ry t 0 ee
becau the rent i paid th t. y, the
dlord and th tenant can gree to or
10 er notice period.
t mu
dre in riti h re the
curity depo 't . to be nt. e 1
ord . requir d by la to tell the tenant
of thi obli tion . bin ]4 d y of the
tenant moving in. It I probably better
to put the forwardin addre in the
tter th t you a1 tell your land­
lord that you are moving out . ce you
m y for et to give fo arding dre
1 the end of the month.
Before movi out, the tenant ou d
c1 the apartment t it· in the
condition a hen the tenant'
rno into con' eration
norm e d tear. It· important
to remo all of your po . OJ other-
the act .date th t you moved
t m y be in dUpute. Finally, return
of the ey to the landlord.
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The landlord mu complete a move­
out the . and list all of the claimed
darnqe caused by the tenant, if any.
ithin 30 days of th tenant moving
out, the landlord mu return the ueity
deposit or nd the tenant of
itemized dam e The landlord can
btract the co t of the dam e from
the urity deposit and nd the re­
maining amount to the tenant. If the
dlord doe not Ie the list of dam
ithin 30 day , then the landlord mu
retam the curity deposit immediatel
to the tenant.
SEVE D YS TO RESPO
The . of dam e maut include a
notice hich tells the tenant that the
tenant mu respOnd to the list in writing
ithin 7 day of receiving it. The tenant
mu ate in detail agreement or di
reement to each dam listed. The
tenant ill 10 the right to the security
depo 't if he or e fails to mail a ritten
epa to the darn ithin 7 day .
AI y m e copie of anything you
nd to e landlord. If th tenant nds
the landlord a letter disagreeing ith
part of all of the list, then the landlord
mu start 't gainst the tenant within
45 d � of the tenant moving out.
Th landlord must receive' court
judgment in order to keep any or all of
the urity deposi t once there .
di teo If th landlord doe not e
the te ant for the dam within 45
day , then the tenant can e the land­
lord for double the amount of the cur­
ity deposit. If the tenant ins, then
there . the problem of collecting the
judgment. The judgment only give
the tenant a right to collect the money.
If the landlord doe 't pay the money
oed, then it ill be necessary for
the tenant to further legal advice
d perhap in collecting
the money.
A tenant can help in re the return
of his or her money once armed ith
the kno ledge of the ichigan
on urity deposits, and hopefully,
if e la are folio ed correctly, court
action on't be necessary.
'17Iu III'ticIe is not m to repl4ce
th« 1Idv· e of IDI lIItomey. If you ItDe
leglll problem, contec: ettomey.
The fir
eneral 0 chuacteristic
population for small geographical are
in . hipn has been published by the
Commerce Department' .census Bureau.
The report 0 that on April 1,
1980, the number of BI cks in ichigan
as 1,199 023, an incre of 21.0
percent 0 er 1970. The BI popul -
tion in 1980 represented 12.9 percent
of the ate's total population of 9,262,
078. .
Eighty-one percent.of ichigan's
BI population re ided inside central
citie of metropolitan reas (urban
portion) and 15.8 percent lived in
suburb. The Detroit Standard etro-
-politan St tistical Are (san ) h the
luge Black population (890,532),
follo ed by the Flint (78 871) and
Toledo (67,807) SMSAs.
.cltigan' Black population a older
in 1980 than in 1970; the median e
mo d up to 24.9 years from 22.7
yean; the median e in 1980 for all
persons 28.8 ye. bout 36.4
percent of B persons ere under 18
years old d only 6.9 percent ere
65 years old or 0 r.
In 1980, the cen S 0 ed 36.7
percent of th B ' popul lion in
ichipn as married; another 18.5
percent either sep ated or divorced
and 37.1 percent as single.
Bl familin in the te totaled
277 ,202 in 1980. The percent of Bla
married-couple famille edclined from
69.7 percent in 1970 to 52.2 percent
in 1980. About 41.5 percent or 115,020
B families ere maintained by a
ae
pro
fern e hou holder ith no hu and
pre nt in 1980, up 15.8 percen e
point from 1970.
Ai ,there ere 3.66 pe per
BI family in icJUgan; the er
size for aD ichigan's famili
3.34 persons.
Approximately 46.6 percent of B1 c
"own children" - son or daughters
(including dopted and tepchildren
ho ere single (n er married) d
under 18 - li ed ith both parent .
T e 519-p e report contains e,
x, marital atus, and hou hold re­
lationship t' ti for t e total popul -
tion, persons of Spani origin, and
cia! group , including th hite Bl
American Indian, and d P ific
I ander populations. Standard etro­
politan Stat' tical Are
and p ce of 1,000 or more inh itant
Cop' of the ' hi rep rt,
"General Popul tion Ch
(PC80-1-B24), are b for
each prepaid from the Superintendent
of Document, u.s. Go mrnent Print'
Office, ashington, D.C. 20402 or from
the Department of Commerce dis riet
office in major Il.S. citi . (Compar L
housing data are being pub' ed in th
HC80-1-A24, General 80' C
teristi ,report)
Further information about 1980 cen-
s report for ichigan may be obtained
from vthe 'chigan State 0 ta Center,
(517) 373-7910; the Cen Bure u'
Detroit Region Office, (313 226-
4675; or the bure u's Public Inform tion
Office, (301) 763-4040.
BHAS BRIEFS
.
TIiE ST. lOS
honoring all the "gre t"
B etball player at noon on ond y,
Feb. 21. The High School Pep Band ith
the T' er etter join in thi celebr tion.
LAF A YETI'E CREATIVE ARTS
- ademy i presenting a musical program t
"For the Love of Mu ." onday at
o 7:00 p.m. Community sroup will be
performing a variety of tyle from Fo ,
Rock, drigal, Gospel to Barbe Ope
Ti ets t available t the door.
THURSD Y, February 17 the Ben-
ton 8 rbor High SchooJ f will begin
their . . n Educ tio A nt
Program EAr) in rvice program t
10: 15 a.m. H' School dent ill b
di . d:t th t tim .
on Saturday Fe
ill ho
, t the Ore ard
a.m. to 6:00 pm.
19.
THE J
ba etball team
li in th Colf m
r e are 6: IS p.m. d 8:00 p.m.