Nebraska URLTA §76-1439 prohibits landlord retaliation against tenants who exercise legal rights, such as reporting code violations or joining tenant associations. Omaha has no separate anti-harassment ordinance, so URLTA controls.
Retaliation includes raising rent, decreasing services, threatening eviction, or terminating a tenancy because the tenant complained to a government agency, requested repairs in good faith, or organized with other tenants. Under §76-1439, retaliatory conduct within one year of the protected activity is presumed unlawful. Tenants may use retaliation as an affirmative defense to eviction or sue for actual damages plus attorney fees. Omaha tenants commonly file code-compliance complaints with the Permits and Inspections division as the protected activity that triggers protection.
Filing retaliatory eviction, hiking rent in response to code complaints, or shutting off utilities to pressure a tenant can trigger civil liability for damages, lost rent recovery, and attorney fees.
Omaha, NE
Nebraska URLTA permits landlords to terminate month-to-month tenancies without cause on 30 days' written notice. Omaha has not adopted just-cause eviction pr...
Omaha, NE
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