Omaha residents move out of apartment, city inspectors deem unlivable

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Residents are being kicked out of a condemned apartment building and now, they’re receiving a helping hand.

The tenants received a notice last Friday after city inspectors found conditions to be unlivable. They were moving out Monday evening.

Many with nowhere to go but for now, they’re being given a place to stay.

“They provided Together Inc and a couple of other places. They provide us with a hotel for a week, other than that we don’t know, we just got done paying rent and gotta work through I guess legal aid to get our security deposit back and I don’t know, I don’t know, it’s a madhouse today,” said Jeffrey Moore.

Moore tells 6 News he once worked for the landlord changing the locks after a resident was evicted and now Moore is being evicted himself.

”I used to have to come with the constable and they say you got five minutes to get your stuff, you gotta go that’s after they went through the courts. I had to change the locks and yeah. I was here to help evict people so I know how he did it, you know I feel for them people.”

The building is in City Councilmember Danny Begley’s district. He along with many others want an investigation to see how the landlord let conditions deteriorate.

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