Rent control rules in Sarpy County, NE — also known as rent stabilization or rent cap ordinances — limit annual rent increases and protect tenants from displacement.
Nebraska has no rent control, and neither Sarpy County nor Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, or Gretna may create it. As a Dillon's Rule state, Nebraska never delegated rent-regulation power to its cities. Landlords set and raise rent at market.
Nebraska is a Dillon's Rule state, so a city holds only the powers the Legislature grants it, and the Legislature has never granted authority to cap rent. Sarpy County's communities — Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Gretna, Springfield — are non-charter cities and villages without home rule, so none can enact rent control, and none has. A landlord sets the opening rent at market and raises it any amount at renewal. What still binds every landlord is the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Under §76-1416 a security deposit may not exceed one month's rent, a pet deposit may not exceed one-quarter of a month, and the balance must be returned within fourteen days of move-out.
No rent cap exists to enforce. A landlord who keeps a deposit beyond one month's rent, or fails to itemize and return it within fourteen days, violates §76-1416 and owes the tenant the wrongfully withheld amount.
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