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I’m trying to rent a new apartment in Nebraska. The listed rent price is $745/month. The deposit is $500 and they said they’d charge a $200 refundable pet deposit but now the lease agreement they sent me states they will charge $183 for the refundable pet deposit plus an additional $217... View More 
answered on Jan 6, 2022
Nebraska Legal Aid has a handbook that has some general information regarding landlord/tenant rules that you may want to review before speaking with an attorney about your specific information.
https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-LLT-Handbook-1.pdf
I notified my landlord 2 weeks ago that my air conditioner wasn't working right. I was told it would be fixed by the 21st. It still hasn't been. Can I buy a new one (in wall unit) and have it installed and deduct the entire cost from my rent?
answered on Sep 21, 2021
Probably not.
The Legal Aid Landlord Tenant Handbook is a good resource to review for some basic info before speaking with an attorney about your specific situation.
https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
answered on Nov 22, 2020
A good place to start with is the Landlord-Tenant Handbook by Legal Aid.
https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
Who do I turn to when landlord is making many many threats to raise rent if she has to hire anyone to fix her property if I won’t be her personal handyman. she comes into the property without notice often, says if i don’t sign her non legal agreement she will kick us out.
answered on Nov 22, 2020
A good resource to start with is the Landlord-Tenant Handbook created by Legal Aid of Nebraska.
https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
I intend to continue being paying rent in full and on time.
answered on Sep 19, 2020
No, as long as you are current, remain current and marked in your petition your intent to reaffirm your rental lease
To enter the building. I dont feel confertable showing a random person my info constantly. Nor did i sign anything giving them permision to give my info to a 3rd party to check.
answered on Aug 27, 2020
Especially in larger cities in high traffic or high crime areas, it is common for apartments to have a "doorman" that asks for ID if the "doorman" doesn't recognize those coming into the building to protect the property and other tenants.
I moved out of my apartment on 5/31 (the end of the lease) and now they are sending me a bill for $2,700 because apparently I was required to give 60 day notice to move out. Is there anything a I can do to dispute this?
answered on Aug 4, 2020
Often a lease requires a certain amount of notice to terminate. If the period of time is reasonable, such as the Court may say 30 or 60 days as reasonable notice, then the Court will generally enforce a lease agreement entered into between the parties that requires the tenant to give 60 days... View More
with extreme asthma..It is an old house and has many holes and broken places they can get in even if he has sprayed.Wasps are flying around this place all thetime
answered on May 2, 2020
A good place to start for info on this topic in Nebraska is the Nebraska Legal Aid Landlord-Tenant Handbook.
https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
I asked him not to shut off my utilities they said the landlord told them to I told them there was no court order he has no legal right and les said they said my lease 1/4/19 to today date 4/10/20 wasn't recent enough to stop them from shutting off my lights
answered on Apr 13, 2020
A good place to start may be to review the information gathered by Legal Aid of Nebraska. https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
Les said my lease wasn't up to date so they continue to shut off my electric even though I still live here and it was in my name half my windows are boarded over and no court orders
answered on Apr 13, 2020
A good place to start for information is the landlord-tenant handbook produced by Nebraska Legal Aid. https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
me and the trailer owner have no written contract me and the trailer court have a written contract that they pay water and garbage and I pay the rest of utilities
answered on Apr 11, 2020
A good place to start for information on a landlord's responsibilities to renters regarding utilities is Legal Aid's Landlord and Tenant Handbook.
https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
We have proof that we messaged him various times telling him to take the car and someone new moved in and still nothing now the recent tenant has moved out and again we are renting it out and the car was still here so we threw it away and someone called us saying they want their car. We were in the... View More
answered on Apr 11, 2020
A good place to start for general info on what a landlord needs to do with abandoned property is the Nebraska Legal Aid Handbook. https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
answered on Feb 24, 2020
Legal Aid's Landlord Tenant Handbook may be a good place to start looking for info on this topic:
https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Landlord-and-Tenant-handbook-2017.pdf
My apartment complex is rebuilding all the external 2nd and 3rd floor walkways. My building is the first. The management provided a 10 day notice. Tenets will not be allowed access to their apartments for 11 days. The apartment complex is providing 2 star hotel rooms and a 200 dollar stipend. We... View More
answered on Dec 9, 2019
Depending on the terms of the lease, a tenant may be able to end the lease if the apartment becomes uninhabitable for a period of time. If improvements need to be made that require a tenant to be temporarily out of their apartment and the tenant does not want to end the lease, reasonable... View More
answered on Nov 25, 2019
Allowing a person to profit off land is usually not the same legal term as a sublet. For example, a legal "profit" off the land could be allowing someone to remove timber, minerals, or wild game off the land. It is more like an easement than a sublet.
Three sections of land in Nebraska, leased to neighbor, Land owner wants to hunt on his own land, and have friends hunt deer on it too. Yet lessee says NO. Is this possible?
answered on Nov 18, 2019
The rights of a tenant and landlord are generally governed by the landlord-tenant agreement (or lease). Unless the lease states otherwise, the landlord generally surrenders the property to the tenant for the tenant's purposes. Thus, a landlord can't generally enter the leasehold for... View More
landlord told me the deposit is non refundable, I dont understand how or why.
answered on Aug 8, 2019
The law generally holds people to the terms of their contract even if one party later changes their mind. If a deposit is non-refundable per the terms of the contract, the Court will generally enforce that provision and not require the return of the deposit.
We paid for the fence that houses his livestock. And paid hour wages to install the fence. We also did not charge rent in the earlier years because our livestock ran with his. So he's been compensated for the posts but he still is threatening if we don't sell it to him then he will just... View More
answered on Aug 8, 2019
The landlord and tenant's duties to each other are defined under Nebraska law but are often more specifically defined in a written landlord-tenant agreement. What a tenant can do to install improvements or remove improvements on the property they are renting depends heavily on what this... View More
In October my grandmother's oldest daughter was given conservator/guardianship over her. She placed my grandmother in an assisted living facility in Pender, NE. On October 21st she approached me with a month to month lease claiming herself as the landlord. In the lease it states she would... View More
answered on Jun 10, 2019
When there is a lease and payments not being paid pursuant to the lease, the guardian/conservator often has a legal duty to pursue unpaid rents pursuant to the lease terms for the ward's property. The rents would go to the ward's estate and not to the conservator herself even though the... View More
My parents owned the home but we're letting the bank foreclosure on my childhood home because of bankruptcy . So I started to make the mortgage payments to try to get it put into my name for my new home, but now the bank is talking about for taking about foreclosing on me/her (my step mother).... View More
answered on Jul 24, 2017
You should save the payment money and approach the bank to take over the loan. Yet, the bank in not likely going to be able to talk with you about it since your not on the loan. Making payments may take your dad out of default but you won't get any credit for the property and your just helping... View More
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