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Lincoln Landlords Weighing Lawsuit, State Law Switch After Voters Barred Them From Denying Low-Income Renters

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

Proponents of a measure banning housing discrimination based on source of income gathered signatures to place the issue before Lincoln voters in the city’s May election. It passed with nearly 67% of the vote.
(Courtesy of Lincoln For Fair Housing)

Finding a home in Lincoln has never been simple for Shawn Fauver.

That’s because since 2013 Fauver has relied on federal housing vouchers, or Section 8, which expire if not used within 90 days. And as Fauver learned, not all landlords take Section 8.

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Unattractive And Unpopular Now Law

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., has trained lots of eyeballs on Nebraska 2nd Congressional District, the “Blue Dot,” after he announced he would not seek re-election next year when we celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial.

Yes, that’s the word.

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From Seattle To Atlanta, New Social Housing Programs Seek To Make Homes Permanently Affordable For A Range Of Incomes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a ballot initiative proposing a new 5% payroll tax on salaries in excess of US$1 million.

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Kearney Gets Nebraska’s Final ‘Good Life District’ Designation, Eyes Development Around SportsPlex

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s fifth and final “good life district” designation goes to the City of Kearney, city leaders announced on Monday.

Kearney’s district joins four other geographical areas designated as good life districts by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development in or around the cities of Omaha, Gretna, Bellevue and Grand Island.

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve The West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

by Abe Streep

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A Nebraska Crypto Company Wants To Get Bigger. Landowners Decry NPPD’s Use Of Eminent Domain That Will Help It Grow.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:00am

Stanton County landowner Justin Kennedy (left) speaks with a court-appointed appraiser as they look over land where the Nebraska Public Power District is taking an easement by eminent domain for a new transmission line. Kennedy said he hoped to build a home on the land someday, but those plans are now extinguished.
(Jeremy Turley / Flatwater Free Press)

Justin Kennedy had long envisioned more than a cornfield when he gazed at the plot of family land a half-mile from where he grew up.

It was “the perfect setup” for building his dream retirement house in rural Stanton County.

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Federal Support For University Research Is A Success Story For Our Country

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:00am

The partnership established by the federal government and universities to support high-level research has been a success story for our country.

That investment has produced a return — measured in technology, innovation and the nurturing of generations of scientific leaders — that has positioned the United States as a global leader across nearly every industry.

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What If Universal Rental Assistance Were Implemented To Deal With The Housing Crisis?

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Bruce and Nova Jewett, who are experiencing homelessness, sit at the Hilltop Inn in Berlin, Vt., on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, where they have been living and will have to leave by Oct. 1, 2024.
(Lisa Rathke / AP Photo)

If there’s one thing that U.S. politicians and activists from across the political spectrum can agree on, it’s that rents are far too high.

Many experts believe that this crisis is fueled by a shortage of housing, caused principally by restrictive regulations.

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Her Family Needed Housing. They Spent Months in New York Hotels, Left to Fend for Themselves.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:00am

From left to right: Jasmine Stradford; her partner, Tiberious Moses; and two of their children, Taylor and De’Vante. The Broome County, New York, Department of Social Services cycled the family through four roadside hotels over three months.
(Michelle Gabel / ProPublica)

Her Family Needed Housing. They Spent Months in New York Hotels, Left to Fend for Themselves.

by Spencer Norris, New York Focus

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$200M Development With Health Care, Housing, Retail To Rise Between Nebraska’s Two Biggest Cities

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/26/2025 - 12:00am

A Nebraska Medicine facility, to open in 2027, is described as the centerpiece of a planned 31-acre campus that will also include an estimated 300 dwellings, retail and a big green space for events in the larger Gretna Landing subdivision.
(Courtesy of Noddle Companies)

GRETNA, Nebraska — An estimated $200 million development featuring a Nebraska Medicine health center along with planned housing, office, retail and entertainment space will rise to help meet demands of a growing community between Nebraska’s two biggest cities.

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Real Estate News

Lincoln Landlords Weighing Lawsuit, State Law Switch After Voters Barred Them From Denying Low-Income Renters

Unattractive And Unpopular Now Law

From Seattle To Atlanta, New Social Housing Programs Seek To Make Homes Permanently Affordable For A Range Of Incomes

Kearney Gets Nebraska’s Final ‘Good Life District’ Designation, Eyes Development Around SportsPlex

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve The West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

A Nebraska Crypto Company Wants To Get Bigger. Landowners Decry NPPD’s Use Of Eminent Domain That Will Help It Grow.

Federal Support For University Research Is A Success Story For Our Country

What If Universal Rental Assistance Were Implemented To Deal With The Housing Crisis?

Her Family Needed Housing. They Spent Months in New York Hotels, Left to Fend for Themselves.

Her Family Needed Housing. They Spent Months in New York Hotels, Left to Fend for Themselves.

$200M Development With Health Care, Housing, Retail To Rise Between Nebraska’s Two Biggest Cities

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