Wiebrecht, a social relations and policy junior, said inspections are important to ensure safety for students living in buildings.

Jessica Leacher, ASMSU’s vice president for governmental affairs, said the city of East Lansing currently performs property inspections annually and some buildings that students live in, which are usually between 40-90 years old.

Leacher, a social relations and policy senior, said the bill would take away municipal power to mandate inspections putting cities like East Lansing at a disadvantage.

Some students agreed that having less frequent inspections could be costly in the future when it comes to safety.

“I would feel unsafe living in the apartment to an extent. With like living conditions, if they’re not checked properly, you wouldn’t want to live in that apartment,” political science junior Lexine Varughis said.

Varughis said she is currently living under DTN Management and that the company performs annual inspections.

Taj Makki, a graduate student, said she lives in the Lodges which is managed by American Campus Communities. Her main concern with inspections was invasion of privacy.

She said the firm had sent her an email the night before the inspection which was done when she was gone during winter break. Yet if inspections were to occur less frequently, it could be problematic, she said.

Nursing junior John Jaber said the quality of living could decrease if inspections weren’t done in shorter intervals of time.

Although some students think less frequent inspections could pose safety issues for future tenants, Evan Schrage, ASMSU representative of the College of Social Science, said he thinks East Lansing shouldn’t be so quick to judge the bill.

“My main fear is that we don’t know (if there are any benefits),” Schrage said. “If we are only thinking about our four years and not what it could mean for the state, it could be problematic.”

He said he was skeptical of whether it was ASMSU’s place to advocate against the bill, because it is a state-wide initiative.