The Legislature's Public
Health and Welfare Cdfrimittee
Monday heard extensive
testimony and then held three
bills which would substantially
alter the landlord-tenant
relationship in Nebraska
low-income housing.
LB 898 and LB 902, both
introduced by Sen. John
DeCamp, provide for (he
appointment of low income
housing tenants to local
Housing Authority
Commissions. The first
measure requires that at least
one tenant serve on the
commission while the second
provides that tenants may serve
on the commission without
violating the Nebraska
self-interest law.
DeCamp, in introducing the
bills, said tenant representation
would provide a "valuable
source of information to the
commission while at the same
time alleviating the feeling of
powerlessness among tenants."
He added that meaningful
democracy requires it."
MAGGIE MALOY of the
Nebraska Community Action
Oklahoma drops
NIT round -
NEW YORK-Oklahoma,
the Big Eight's lone representa
tive in the NIT, dropped an
88-87 first round decision to
Hawaii in double over-time at
Madison Square Garden Mon
day night.
Hawaii's Tom Newell tossed
in two free throws late in the
second overtime to ice the
victory in climax of a come
from behind-effort tor the
Rainbows. The Sooners lead by
17 at-the half before Bob Nash
caught fire in the second half
to deadlock the score 73-73 at
the end of regulation time
periods.
Neither team was able to
crack the zone defense in the
first over-time which ended in a
77-77 tie. But Hawaii guard,
John Pennbacker sparked a
drive that gave the Rainbows
an 84-87 lead early in the
second over-time period.
The Sooners pulled within
one point, but Nash canned a
fielder and Newell added his
two free throws in the final ten
seconds to decide the verdict.
Hawaii meets St. Bonaventure
Wednesday night. Oklahoma,
which finished at 19-8, was
lead scoring by Bobby Jack
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Legislature delays tenant bill action
Agency Directors Association,
presented state figures which
show 54 per cent of Lincoln's
low income housing is
occupied by students, 30 per
cent by elderly citizens and 16
per cent by the poor.
None of these tenant groups
are currently represented on
the Housing Authority
Commission.
Guy Birch, area director for
the Department of Housing
and Urban Development
located in Omaha, told the
committee HUD is favoring
tenant representation because
they feel it will lead to better
management.
"The responsibility for
appointment is still up to the
mayor of the city," he added.
"The local people, those most
directly affected, should
determine who should sit on
the policv board."
STRONGEST OPPOSTION
to the bills came from outstate
housing authorities where the
overwhelming majority of
tenants are elderly people.
Willis Jones of Coleridge
told the committee the average
age of the tenants in his rural
housing authority was 80.
None were under 70, he said,
and none wanted to serve on a
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The general testimony of
rural housing authority
officials centered on what they
considered legislation meant
for only Omaha and Lincoln.
Such legislation, they said,
would create more problems
than it would solve.
Nevertheless, the bills were
opposed by representatives for
both the Lincoln and Omaha
housing authorities.
CHARLES WRIGHT of the
Lincoln board, said he did not
oppose the principle of tenant
representation on the board,
but was against requiring such
representation by law.
David Bebcr, representing
the Omaha board, raised the
issue of conflict of interest. He
called the legislation "a first
step, a wedge" and predicted
tenant commissioners would be
divisive.
The packed hearing room,
dominated by housing
authority tenants, hooted a
statement by K. V.. Young,
executive director of the
Omaha Housing Authority,
that "the poor are concerned
with their own problems and
have no compassion for
others." And therefore should
not serve on a policy board.
The committee also heard
another DeCamp bill, LB 90 1,
which provides for the
enforcement of the Nebraska
minimum housing codes by the
tenants.
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became law in 1969 when the
Legislature passed a bill by
Sen. Terry Carpenter requiring
every city and village to adopt
minimum standards in housing.
The law did not provide for
state or local enforcement,
however.
LB 901 would allow the
tenant to bring the housing in
which he lives up to the
minimum standard and deduct
the cost of such repairs from
his rent. The bill also provides
for a detailed procedure for
determining the need for such
repairs by a local administrator
and gives the landlord 20 days
to effect repair,
Bruce Hamilton, director of
the Lincoln Legal Services
Commission, testified in favor
of the bill citing state statistics
which show 300,000
Nebraskans live in substandard
housing and about 20 per cent
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simply takes the minimum
housing code for the local city
and makes it part of the rental
lease."
Maloy showed statewide
figures on substandard housing
which showed Lancaster
County leading in most units
without plumbing Nearly 2,000
housing units in the county are
without plumbing.
Chief opponent of the bill
was Otis Glebe, Lincoln
I a n (I I o r d a n d s o m e I i m e
politician, who distributed
literature calling for the defeat
of the bill and also the repeal
of the existing law requiring
local minimum housing
ordinances.
The committee could vote
on all three measures Tuesday
when it convenes again,
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