ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The city of Ann Arbor is considering passing a “Green Rental Housing” ordinance that will rate all landlords on a point system as to whether they provide bike parking, free bus passes and impose other regulations the city determines are environmentally beneficial.

If the landlord doesn’t pass these new green standards, they will not be eligible to be a rental. The ordinance is on the June 2 agenda for the City Council to review. Rental units account for 55% of the housing stock in Ann Arbor.

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The process allows for landlords to have their rentals evaluated and given a Home Energy Score. If they don’t score high enough, then the landlords can go to a point system.

That system awards points for such things as providing bike parking, if free or discounted bus passes provided, whether or not fertilizer is used, if the living room has “natural daylight”, whether the landlords integrate edible plants into landscaping, using electric yard maintenance equipment rather than gas-powered, or host a swap day – where members of the community swap used items instead of throwing them away at a landfill.