(A) The City Housing Authority established under state law prior to December 25, 1969, shall have continued existence after that date under the State Housing Authority Law. All Commissioners of the Authority, and all officers, legal counsel, technical experts, directors, and other appointees or employees of the Authority, holding office or employment by virtue of prior state law on December 25, 1969, shall be deemed to have been appointed or employed by the Mayor under the provisions of the State Housing Authority Law and shall from that date forward conduct their operations consistent with the provisions of that Act.
(Prior Code, § 2-207)
(B) The City Housing Authority is owned by the city and operated through the Housing Authority Commission. The Housing Authority shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of the State Housing Authority Law.
(Prior Code, § 2-208)
(C) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the definitions and terms set out in the state statutes relating to housing authorities under the State Housing Authority Law are hereby adopted by reference as they now exist or may hereafter be amended.
(Prior Code, § 2-209)
(D) The Housing Authority may establish from time to time rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of the State Housing Authority Law concerning the priority of eligible applicants for occupancy who are entitled to the benefits of status as a member of the armed forces or veteran, or as a disabled member of the armed forces or veteran, and the applicant's age or disability, housing conditions, urgency of housing need, and source of income. In any system of priority, displaced persons in need shall have a priority ahead of all other persons who may be entitled to the benefits of the law. No tenant in good standing in occupancy and qualified for continued occupancy shall have his or her tenancy terminated in order to provide dwelling units for classes or categories of applicants as the Authority may establish.
(Prior Code, § 2-210)
Statutory reference:
Local Housing Agencies; continuance of Housing Authorities, see Neb. RS 71-1572 – 71-1580