This session will provide an overview and discussion of recent Nebraska laws, including Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(5) and § 76-1431.01, that protect domestic violence survivors from eviction and allow for early termination of a lease.
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Nebraska MCLE #239882. 0.5 CLE Hours, including 0.5 Ethics Hours. (OnDemand credit)
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This session will provide an overview and discussion of recent Nebraska laws, including Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(5) and § 76-1431.01, that protect domestic violence survivors from eviction and allow for early termination of a lease. This session will also explore housing stability as a gender justice, racial justice, and reproductive justice issue. It will include an examination of how stable housing impacts all other areas of life and will analyze the link between domestic violence and housing instability, how access to counsel in housing cases affects eviction outcomes and will highlight the disproportionate rate of evictions of Black, Indigenous, and persons of color (BIPOC).
Scout Richters is the Senior Legal & Policy Counsel at ACLU of Nebraska. Scout earned her Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School in 2014. Scout’s work is centered in gender equity and reproductive freedom. She regularly drafts comprehensive reports, develops and gives presentations as continuing education courses for other attorneys and to empower members of the public to know their rights, represents clients, and advocates before the Nebraska Legislature.
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