The Redress Movement is proud to support a slate of bills in the 2025 Nebraska Legislative Session that will protect renters from unnecessary displacement and discrimination and ultimately build stronger, more stable renter households. In particular, we support:

• LB17, by Sen. John Cavanaugh (Lincoln), which would cap application and other fees and require landlords to provide applicants with a copy of any credit or consumer report they obtain.
• LB92, by Sen. Terrell McKinney (Omaha), which would seal eviction cases that don’t actually result in an eviction or that were related to late rent during the COVID-19 emergency, and would also allow renters to apply for a clean slate on their eviction history after three years.
• LB101, by Sen. George Dungan (Lincoln),which would allow tenants in eviction cases to request a jury trial.
• LB107, by Machaela Cavanaugh (Lincoln), which would create a state income tax credit for renters equal to the greater of 4% of rent paid for the year or $200, with a cap of $1,000.
• LB223, by Sen. Dunixi Guereca (Lincoln), which would prohibit housing discrimination based on source of income, including Housing Choice Vouchers (“Sec. 8”).
• LB235, by Sen. Danielle Conrad (Lincoln), which would ensure tenants facing an eviction judgment have at least 10 days to move.
• LB487, by Sen. Terrell McKinney (Omaha), which would create and fund the Restitution and Redress for Redlining Task Force to study, develop, and recommend proposals to repair the harm to survivors and their descendants of state-sanctioned redlining and discrimination practices.

All seven of these bills align with our Shared Principles for Redressing Segregation. In particular, these bills will help challenge negative stereotypes of renters and low-income renters, which are often rooted in anti-Blackness. Renters are also most vulnerable to gentrification and displacement and these bills would offer some protection to renters facing displacement. Lastly, you can’t increase Black and Brown homeownership and narrow the racial wealth gap without also stabilizing and supporting the Black and Brown renter households that hope to become homeowners. We hope you’ll join us and our partners in supporting these bills when they receive hearings at the legislature.