NE LB981

Metropolitan class cities gain authority to require housing authorities to comply with city rental inspection and registration ordinances, code enforcement, and inspection of residential rental properties

Housing agencies must inspect units for bed bugs within 10 days of a complaint, including adjacent units, and provide remediation within 21 days; agencies cannot rent units with known infestations and must disclose infestations in adjacent units to prospective tenants

Housing agencies must submit semi-annual reports to the metropolitan class city and the Urban Affairs Committee covering pest control activities, eviction filings, complaints and resolutions, vacancy rates, and board meeting updates

Complaint process for metropolitan class housing agencies is enhanced to require regular status updates to complainants, reports to commissioners at every board meeting on complaint numbers, nature, inspection status, and unfilled inspector positions

Housing agencies bear responsibility for all costs of investigating and remediating bed bug infestations, with records of complaints and control measures maintained for two years