Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/10/2023 - 5:00am
With rents soaring since the COVID-19 pandemic tightened the housing supply, more local governments are considering rent control to keep increases in check and, ideally, protect struggling tenants whose incomes haven’t kept pace.
At the same time, some states are enacting measures to prohibit cities from adopting rent control, a policy that has long divided economists and housing experts.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/10/2023 - 4:00am
The U.S. has a car-centric culture that is inseparable from the way its communities are built. One striking example is the presence of parking lots and garages. Across the country, parking takes up an estimated 30% of space in cities. Nationwide, there are eight parking spots for every car.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/10/2023 - 3:00am
OMAHA — A new $45.6 million housing development is poised to rise around the edges of the former Grace University campus, bringing a proposed 250 new rental dwellings to a popular area just south of this city’s downtown.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/03/2023 - 1:06pm
OMAHA — Pat O’Donnell says he’s all for development, especially in his childhood stomping grounds where walking, biking and newer housing is replacing shady activity that once was the norm.
The Omaha native loves watching seats fill up in the trendy new corner coffee shop, The Mill at 31st and Leavenworth Streets, and welcomes other commercial enterprises reviving the corridor southwest of downtown Omaha.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/03/2023 - 1:04pm
NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for wealthy club members is the latest person to be ensnared in former President Donald Trump's ballooning legal troubles.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 08/03/2023 - 1:01pm
OMAHA — In a $17 million renovation project years in the making, two historic structures, one built over 130 years ago, are ready to provide affordable housing in one of Omaha’s oldest and evolving neighborhoods.
Between the Georgia Row Apartments and adjacent Hanscom Apartments, 75 homes, including family-size dwellings, will be available to renters whose income falls within federal eligibility limits.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 07/27/2023 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — With valuations of homes skyrocketing, and farmers still smarting over a steep rise in agricultural land values, Gov. Jim Pillen is forming a “working group” to look at reforming the state’s property valuation system.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 07/27/2023 - 4:00am
An archeological dig for a lost children's cemetery near the Nebraska site of a former Native American boarding school has ended after two weeks — and no remains were found.
Dave Williams, the state's archeologist, said the team searching near the former Genoa Indian Industrial School plans to meet on Zoom with representatives of 40 tribes across the U.S. next week to determine next steps.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 07/27/2023 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Attorneys for renters facing eviction are expressing optimism that help will be coming for their clients, despite the dismissal Friday of an appeal before the Nebraska Supreme Court.
In the appeal, attorneys with Legal Aid of Nebraska and the Nebraska Appleseed Center argued that those facing eviction have a constitutional right to a jury trial before they lose their home.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 07/27/2023 - 2:00am
When students at Hughes STEM High School in Cincinnati were asked back in 2016 what part of their school they’d like to improve, they identified Coy Field – an athletic field they use for baseball, softball, track and football.