Drug, Alcohol, and Impairment Policy

1. Purpose

Shared Living Rentals is committed to maintaining a safe, peaceful, sanitary, and lawful shared-living environment.

This policy establishes rules concerning alcohol, controlled substances, cannabis, medication, impairment, and related conduct at properties operated by Shared Living Rentals.

This policy applies to all residents, occupants, guests, and visitors. Residents are responsible for informing their guests of these rules and may be held responsible for their guests’ conduct as permitted by the rental agreement and applicable law.

2. Illegal Controlled Substances

➡️The following activities are prohibited anywhere on the property:

➡️Possessing, using, manufacturing, cultivating, distributing, delivering, or selling an illegal controlled substance.

➡️Possessing drug paraphernalia connected with illegal drug activity.

➡️Allowing a room, common area, vehicle, or other portion of the property to be used for illegal drug activity.

➡️Giving, selling, or distributing prescription medication to another person.

➡️Using another person’s prescription medication.

➡️Engaging in conduct associated with illegal drug activity that threatens the health, safety, or peaceful enjoyment of another person or causes property damage.

➡️A resident will not be found in violation based solely on an unverified accusation, rumor, medical condition, disability, appearance, or assumption about the resident.

Any enforcement decision will be based on reasonably reliable information concerning conduct that occurred on or materially affected the property.

3. Alcohol-Free Property Rule

Alcohol may not be used, possessed, manufactured, distributed, sold, or shared on the property, including in:

➡️Resident rooms

➡️Kitchens and dining areas

➡️Bathrooms

➡️Hallways and other common areas

➡️Yards, porches, driveways, garages, and parking areas

➡️Vehicles located on the property.

Residents and guests may not return to or remain in a shared area while alcohol-impaired when their conduct:

➡️Creates a safety risk.

➡️Unreasonably disturbs another resident.

➡️Involves threats, violence, harassment, or property damage.

➡️Requires another resident or management to provide supervision or emergency assistance.

This policy regulates possession, use, and conduct on the property. It does not authorize management to diagnose alcoholism or make decisions based on stereotypes about a person’s actual or perceived disability.

4. Cannabis

➡️Smoking or vaping cannabis is prohibited anywhere in the property.

➡️Residents may not:

➡️Grow or cultivate cannabis on the property.

➡️Manufacture or process cannabis products on the property.

➡️Sell, distribute, or commercially deliver cannabis from the property.

➡️Use cannabis in a manner that creates smoke, vapor, odors, unsafe conduct, property damage, or an unreasonable disturbance.

➡️Possess or use cannabis in violation of Michigan or federal law.

Nothing in this policy is intended to prohibit lawful possession or lawful non-smoking consumption that a residential lease cannot prohibit under Michigan law. Michigan permits property owners to regulate cannabis-related activity but states that a residential lease may not prohibit lawful possession and consumption by means other than smoking. MCL 333.27954

Lawfully permitted cannabis must be stored securely and may not be shared with or made accessible to an unauthorized person.

5. Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication

Residents may lawfully possess and use medication prescribed to them or purchased legally over the counter.

Residents are not ordinarily required to:

➡️Disclose their diagnoses.

➡️Provide a list of medications.

➡️Give management their medical records.

➡️Provide a physician statement merely because they take medication.

Residents must:

➡️Use medication according to applicable law.

➡️Keep medication in their control and store it securely.

➡️Never sell, share, or give medication to another person.

➡️Never use medication prescribed to someone else.

➡️Dispose of medication safely.

Avoid conduct caused by medication use that creates a direct safety risk, substantially interferes with other residents’ use of the property, or causes property damage.

If a resident requests a disability-related accommodation, Shared Living Rentals may request only the information reasonably necessary to evaluate that request when permitted by law. Disability-related information must be kept confidential and disclosed only as permitted or required by law.

HUD and the Department of Justice state that housing providers generally may not inquire into the nature or severity of a disability without a proper reason. When accommodation documentation is appropriate, the request should be limited to information necessary to evaluate the accommodation. HUD–DOJ Reasonable Accommodation Guidance

6. Impairment and Unsafe Conduct

Residents and guests must not engage in substance-related conduct that:

➡️Threatens or harms another person.

➡️Creates a fire, health, or safety hazard.

➡️Causes property damage.

➡️Involves violence, threats, harassment, or intimidation.

➡️Unreasonably disturbs another resident.

➡️Interferes substantially with another resident’s use and enjoyment of the property.

➡️Requires another resident to monitor or supervise the impaired person.

➡️Violates applicable law.

Management will address observable conduct and its effect on the property. Management will not assume that unusual behavior is caused by drug or alcohol use because disorientation or similar behavior could result from a disability, medical emergency, medication, or another condition.

When someone appears to be experiencing a medical emergency, residents should contact emergency services rather than attempt to diagnose the cause.

7. Drug and Alcohol Testing

Shared Living Rentals does not require routine, random, periodic, post-accident, or suspicion-based drug or alcohol testing under this general residential-housing policy.

A test will not be demanded merely because a person:

➡️Appears tired, confused, disoriented, or different.

➡️Has a disability or medical condition.

➡️Takes prescription medication.

➡️Has a history of addiction or is in recovery.

➡️Has been accused by another person without supporting evidence.

If Shared Living Rentals later operates a legally structured recovery residence or treatment-related housing program that requires substance testing, that program must have a separate attorney-reviewed testing policy, written consent procedure, privacy safeguards, defined testing standards, and legally appropriate consequences.

People recovering from substance-use disorders may qualify for Fair Housing Act protection, although current illegal use of controlled substances is not protected. Decisions involving a possible direct threat must be based on an individualized assessment and reliable, objective evidence—not fear or stereotypes. HUD–DOJ guidance

8. Resident Rooms, Personal Property, and Inspections

Shared Living Rentals will not randomly search a resident’s:

➡️Clothing.

➡️Body.

➡️Bags or packages.

➡️Closed containers.

➡️Furniture or personal belongings.

➡️Vehicle.

Management may enter a resident’s room only as permitted by the rental agreement and applicable law, such as for:

➡️An emergency.

➡️Necessary or requested repairs.

➡️Health or safety inspections.

➡️Pest-control treatment.

➡️Legally authorized inspections.

➡️Another lawful property-management purpose.

Except in an emergency or other situation permitted by law, management should provide reasonable advance notice before entering a resident’s private room.

An ordinary property inspection does not authorize management to open or search a resident’s closed personal containers or personal belongings. If management reasonably believes criminal activity is occurring, management may document the information and contact the appropriate authorities rather than conduct a personal search.

9. Reporting Safety Concerns

Residents should report immediate threats, violence, suspected overdoses, fire hazards, or medical emergencies by calling 911.

Nonemergency concerns should be reported to:

the contact information given to you at move in.

Reports should describe observable facts when possible, including:

➡️Date and time.

➡️Location.

➡️Conduct observed.

➡️People involved.

➡️Safety consequences or property damage.

➡️Whether police, fire, or medical personnel responded.

Knowingly false reports, harassment, retaliation, or accusations based on disability, medical condition, race, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or another protected characteristic are prohibited.

10. Documentation and Review

Before taking enforcement action, Shared Living Rentals may review reasonably reliable information such as:

➡️Direct observations.

➡️Written incident reports.

➡️Photographs or recordings lawfully obtained.

➡️Property damage.

➡️Police, fire, or emergency-service reports.

➡️Admissions or other reliable statements.

➡️Repeated documented conduct.

➡️Court records or convictions when legally relevant.

An arrest, allegation, or suspicion alone is not necessarily proof that a policy violation occurred.

When practical and consistent with safety, the resident should receive written notice describing:

➡️The conduct at issue.

➡️The date or approximate date of the incident.

➡️The policy provision involved.

➡️Any corrective action required.

➡️The deadline for responding or correcting the problem.

➡️The possible consequences of repeated or serious conduct.

11. Enforcement

A violation may result in action authorized by the rental agreement and applicable law. Depending on the seriousness, evidence, recurrence, and legal requirements, action may include:

➡️A verbal discussion.

➡️Written notice.

➡️A request to stop or correct the conduct.

➡️A safety or behavior plan agreed to in writing.

➡️A notice permitted by Michigan law.

➡️Contacting emergency services or law enforcement when reasonably necessary.

➡️Filing a lawful court action to recover possession.

➡️Nothing in this policy authorizes:

➡️Locking a resident out.

➡️Removing a resident’s belongings.

➡️Shutting off utilities.

➡️Physically removing a resident.

➡️Terminating housing without legally required notice and process.

Michigan provides specific judicial procedures through which a person entitled to possession may recover residential premises. The exact ground and notice process depend on the facts. MCL 600.5714

Serious illegal activity or an immediate safety threat may justify faster legal action than a minor or correctable violation, but management must still follow the legally required process.

12. Reasonable Accommodations and Nondiscrimination

This policy will be applied consistently and without unlawful discrimination.

A resident may request a reasonable accommodation to a rule, policy, practice, or procedure because of a disability. Each request will be evaluated individually.

An accommodation does not require Shared Living Rentals to permit:

➡️Current illegal use of a controlled substance.

➡️Violence or credible threats.

➡️Illegal distribution or sale of drugs.

➡️Conduct constituting a direct threat that cannot be sufficiently reduced through a reasonable accommodation.

➡️Substantial physical damage to the property.

A determination that someone presents a direct threat must be based on an individualized assessment using reliable, objective evidence. HUD–DOJ Reasonable Accommodation Guidance

13. Confidentiality

Medical, disability-related, accommodation, and other sensitive information will be:

➡️Collected only when reasonably necessary and permitted by law.

➡️Stored separately from routine incident records when practical.

➡️Limited to people who need the information for a legitimate housing-management purpose.

➡️Disclosed only with authorization or when permitted or required by law.

This confidentiality provision does not promise secrecy when disclosure is required for an emergency, court order, legal proceeding, mandatory report, or other lawful purpose.

14. Relationship to the Rental Agreement

This policy is part of the resident’s rental documents only when properly incorporated into or attached to the rental agreement.

If this policy conflicts with applicable law, applicable law controls. Nothing in this policy waives a resident’s or housing provider’s legal rights.

Drug and Alcohol Policy Acknowledgment

I acknowledge that I received and had an opportunity to review the Drug, Alcohol, and Impairment Policy for Shared Living Rentals.

I understand that:

➡️Illegal controlled-substance activity is prohibited.

➡️Alcohol is prohibited on the property.

➡️Smoking or vaping cannabis is prohibited.

➡️Unsafe, disruptive, threatening, destructive, or illegal conduct may result in enforcement under the rental agreement and applicable law.

➡️A policy violation does not authorize management to remove me without the notice and legal process required by law.

➡️I may ask questions or request a reasonable accommodation.