Nebraska
Nebraska renters have few options available to deal with bad landlords
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — All of us need to really feel secure and safe at residence.
However for Hearth Village resident Jason Unruh that safety vanished in August after a pipe burst within the condo above him.
“We’re sitting there consuming dinner and my girlfriend says she hears water,” mentioned Unruh.
Unruh and his girlfriend discovered water pouring by way of their ceiling and lighting fixtures and bulging the paint on the partitions.
“Very first thing we discover is water pouring out throughout our garments and every little thing, within the toilet. Right here it was pouring out the 2 vents. Proper right here you possibly can see the place it began bowing out the door jam you couldn’t shut the door,” mentioned Unruh as he walked us by way of the injury present in his condo.
They shortly referred to as upkeep however Hearth didn’t reply to the leak for practically 4 hours, Unruh needed to shut the water foremost off himself.
When upkeep lastly arrived Unruh says they did a fast inspection of the injury, principally with a cellphone flashlight and decided there was no mould concern, regardless of water flowing by way of the condo for hours.
Then the well being issues started.
“I began coughing. I might get fevers and my physique would begin aching. I might be like that for days. I couldn’t catch my breath,” mentioned Unruh.
Unruh’s respiratory points persevered for over a month and despatched to the emergency room six totally different occasions.
He and his girlfriend suspected it was mould and lab checks would later verify their suspicions.
“We determined we’d begin sleeping right here in the lounge as a result of it occurred again there. What we do is we don’t run the warmth, as a result of we did mould checks and it is popping out of the HVAC,” mentioned Unruh.
Regardless of pleading with administration and upkeep to do one thing in regards to the mould injury nothing was performed and the injury stays within the condo.
Sadly, Unruh’s scenario is just not unusual.
“The factor to bear in mind is beneath the legislation in Nebraska there actually isn’t a mechanism to drive a landlord to repair one thing,” mentioned Caitlin Cedfeldt with Authorized Help of Nebraska.
Whilst you can’t drive a landlord to repair one thing, Caitlin says you do have some choices to get out of your lease in case your landlord isn’t holding up their finish of the discount.
“You’re giving the owner a discover in writing that claims ‘Hey landlord, please repair this in 14 days or in 30 days my lease is terminated.’ What that does is it permits somebody to get out of a lease for an condo or residence that isn’t as much as requirements for them,” mentioned Cedfeldt.
One of the best recommendation Cedfeldt had for renters is to succeed in out to an lawyer.
Authorized Help of Nebraska may help those that financially qualify and attorneys know the precise procedures {that a} renter can use to assist keep away from pointless complications.
Her subsequent greatest recommendation, preserve a report of every little thing.
“To begin with, you must have communications together with your landlord in writing. The opposite factor that’s necessary is to {photograph} and doc issues. If you’re getting written notices out of your landlord take an image of it. Issues on the cloud stay eternally however paperwork doesn’t essentially so that’s necessary,” mentioned Cedfeldt.
A hyperlink to Authorized Help of Nebraska’s Landlord and Tenant Handbook, which incorporates helpful info for renters and landlords might be discovered right here.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen took the next step in securing a special session in the state’s legislature this summer.
Gov. Pillen on Tuesday sent a letter to Speaker John Arch, officially announcing his plans to call senators back to Lincoln on July 25. The purpose of the session is to make more headway on addressing property taxes in Nebraska.
“In my sine die address in April, I stated that I would call a special session this summer to facilitate another opportunity for us to meet Nebraskans’ demand that their elected leaders fix this crisis now,” read the Governor’s letter, in part. “I have traveled extensively across the state since the Legislature adjourned and have heard from a wide range of people. Their message is clear: stop this massive overall tax increase by fixing property taxes.”
Gov. Pillen has been hosting town halls across the state over the past two months since the legislative session ended, working to educate Nebraskans on what he calls a “tax crisis.”
He still has several of those meetings planned:
Wednesday, June 26
1:30 p.m. (CT) Columbus: Columbus Chamber of Commerce, 753 33rd Ave, Columbus
Thursday, June 27
10:00 a.m. (CT) Valentine: Mid Plains Community College, 715 E Hwy 20, Valentine
1:00 p.m. (MT) Chadron: Chadron State College, Student Center – Lakota Room, 1000 Main Street, Chadron
4:30 p.m. (MT) Alliance: Westside Events Center, 2472 County Road 62, Alliance
Friday, June 28
8:30 a.m. (MT) Ogallala: Petrified Wood Gallery, 418 East 1st Street, Ogallala
1:00 p.m. (CT) McCook: Coppermill Steakhouse, 202 Coppermill St., McCook
4:00 p.m. (CT) Lexington: Central Community College – The Opportunity Center, 1501 Plum Creek Pkwy, Lexington
Along with slashing property taxes, Gov. Pillen also wants to ensure that the legislature knows he will call a special session regarding other “unfinished business” leftover from the 2024 legislative session, which could include Nebraska’s move to a “winner-take-all” state during elections.
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Nebraska’s unemployment rate in May was unchanged at a seasonally adjusted rate of 2.5%. That rate is unchanged from September 2023 and up 0.4% from May 2023.
Nebraska’s rate is the fourth lowest in the nation. The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2024 is 4.0 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from the April 2024 rate of 3.9 percent and up 0.3 percentage points from the May 2023 rate of 3.7 percent.
“Nebraska’s total nonfarm employment has been on an upward trajectory since February and reached an all-time high in May at 1,077,200,” said Commissioner of Labor John H. Albin. “Omaha’s leisure and hospitality industry saw a large gain over the month, with all the metro areas reaching record highs in total nonfarm employment.”
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NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – The Nebraska International Port of the Plains Authority held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Lincoln County Courthouse.
Although four members were absent from the meeting, those present proceeded in reviewing what progress has been made so far for the port development project.
In attendance at Tuesday’s meeting were members of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development Ben Goins and Jessica Anderson. Goins and Anderson clarified questions from members about the recent $5 million grant the authority received from the department.
Also at the meeting was Gary Person from the North Platte Area Chamber and Development. Person reported on the many conversations he had with local businesses and the Union Pacific Railroad as a plan starts to finalize for the port project.
Port Authority Vice President Patrick Keenan said all of the cooperation between groups involved has made the port project advance extremely well, but that the project will take time to finish
”There are a lot of people working hard to make this happen, and we appreciate the patience, like any big project,” Keenan said. “Nothing happens easy and nothing happens too quickly, so bear with us, there’s a great learning curve, but we have a lot of good people working hard.”
The port project will bring intermodal traffic to an area of land just east of Hershey along Highway 30. With the port’s location near the Union Pacific Bailey Yard, Lincoln County will become one of the largest areas for rail traffic in the country. Vice President Keenan expressed his excitement for the growth of the area.
“Anything we can do to add volume and add more activity through the area is a good thing,” Keenan said.
The next regular meeting for the Port of the Plains will be on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 2 p.m. in the Lincoln County Commissioner’s office at the Lincoln County Courthouse.
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