Exclusive | Michigan Dem who railed against slumlords pocketed up to $50K per year in rents while his properties failed inspection

A Democratic congressional candidate in Michigan who crowed about “cracking down on slumlords” took in up to $50,000 in annual rental income while his own properties got dinged for code violations, according to records reviewed by The Post.State Sen.Sean McCann, the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s Fourth Congressional District, is the owner of McLam Properties LLC, which controls two homes in Kalamazoo.Both McCann and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) have touted the candidate’s commitment to tenants’ interests in separate statements.But according to state records and federal financial disclosures, McCann earns between $15,001 and $50,000 annually from rental properties whose issues have taken far longer to resolve than legislation he’s pushed would have required.One of the rentals failed a Kalamazoo city code inspection this past January for various fire hazards — including crowding around gas heating units, an expired extinguisher, missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and “excessive” use of extension cords as a substitute for permanent wiring.Those infractions took four months to resolve, according to rental certificates obtained by The Post.

Records also show McCann’s other property got slapped with at least 11 violations in August 2024 that weren’t fully resolved for 17 months.That property had been cited by a city inspector for “dangerous” electrical systems, an expired fire extinguisher, a missing carbon monoxide detector, and “peeling” wall coverings and paint.McCann has served in the Michigan Senate since January 2019 and sponsored legislation that would have penalized landlords for being too slow to fix code violations.The so-called Tenant Empowerment Package would have forced repairs within 48 hours to conditions deemed “hazardous to life or imminently hazardous to the health and safety” of renters.Other repairs would have been mandated within seven days of a violation — and tenants would ...