ddv_world
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Can a full time dependent student claim the MI homestead property tax credit on off-campus housing rental?

This has to be a common situation:  Full time student, dependent on parent's return, worked so had some income for the year, renting an apartment (it is not in school housing), and paying for heat separately.  Parents live in own home in MI, where student would otherwise live if not living on-campus or near the "away" school in MI.  Combined, we are paying a small fortune in off-campus (private) apartment rent & utilities at a couple MI college towns, so it certainly would be nice if there were some recovery, even if only a few hundred dollars.