Comments on: Indianapolis Housing Authority vs. Bed Bugs http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/#comment-11076 nobugsonme Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:49:01 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1094#comment-11076 truckster, I don't think I am "glossing over" the uncooperative tenants. I often write about the need for tenants to cooperate (and, if they don't, for steps to be taken to deal with this). On the other hand, we have seen instances where landlords used "uncooperative tenants" as an excuse for giving up on bed bugs, and this is wrong too. Protecting the cooperative tenant, and the good landlord, are always at the forefront of my mind. But I also want to note that <em>some</em> uncooperative tenants are simply uneducated or have mental or physical disabilities or other reasons they may not be doing what they need to. All that needs addressing too. truckster, I don’t think I am “glossing over” the uncooperative tenants. I often write about the need for tenants to cooperate (and, if they don’t, for steps to be taken to deal with this).

On the other hand, we have seen instances where landlords used “uncooperative tenants” as an excuse for giving up on bed bugs, and this is wrong too. Protecting the cooperative tenant, and the good landlord, are always at the forefront of my mind.

But I also want to note that some uncooperative tenants are simply uneducated or have mental or physical disabilities or other reasons they may not be doing what they need to. All that needs addressing too.

]]> By: truckster http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/#comment-11065 truckster Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:18:09 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1094#comment-11065 Actually, I was the cooperative neighbor in my scenario which is why I know we can't just gloss over "dealing w/uncooperative residents". My landlord was just as much a victim as me as she did what she could but there were several residents who she had to get legal with (adding to her expense) with a system that is slow to help a "good" landlord. Not everybody cares if they have bedbugs, just like a whole lot of people don't care if they have roaches and live in filth... Actually, I was the cooperative neighbor in my scenario which is why I know we can’t just gloss over “dealing w/uncooperative residents”. My landlord was just as much a victim as me as she did what she could but there were several residents who she had to get legal with (adding to her expense) with a system that is slow to help a “good” landlord. Not everybody cares if they have bedbugs, just like a whole lot of people don’t care if they have roaches and live in filth…

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/#comment-11033 nobugsonme Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:53:04 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1094#comment-11033 truckster, Residents and staff need to be educated about bed bugs and to cooperate fully. I believe that is possible. If people are not cooperating, steps need to be taken to deal with that. But the other option is to make residents who _do_ cooperate live with bed bugs permanently because their neighbor doesn't cooperate. Would you like to be the cooperative neighbor in that scenario? Would you like your relatives to live with bed bugs permanently, or yourself? truckster,

Residents and staff need to be educated about bed bugs and to cooperate fully. I believe that is possible.

If people are not cooperating, steps need to be taken to deal with that.

But the other option is to make residents who _do_ cooperate live with bed bugs permanently because their neighbor doesn’t cooperate.

Would you like to be the cooperative neighbor in that scenario? Would you like your relatives to live with bed bugs permanently, or yourself?

]]> By: truckster http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/#comment-11029 truckster Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:08:09 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1094#comment-11029 The problem I see is where is all this money supposed to come from? Have any of you been in bldgs like these? Do you see the level of cooperation from the majority of residents? So the money should just endlessly flow to get this problem under control when there is no magic bullet. The problem I see is where is all this money supposed to come from? Have any of you been in bldgs like these? Do you see the level of cooperation from the majority of residents? So the money should just endlessly flow to get this problem under control when there is no magic bullet.

]]> By: parakeets http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/#comment-11006 parakeets Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:17:57 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1094#comment-11006 If this place spent $60,000 to get rid of bedbugs, and they still have them, I worry about places that want to make tenants pay such as where residents of the low-income housing units run by the Public Housing Authority in Frankfort, Kentucky who have to pay for their own bed bug treatment, at a cost of $500-600. It's one thing to pay for treatments that WORK, but unless the entire building is treated, it may end up like this building. $60,000 spent and bedbugs are still there? If this place spent $60,000 to get rid of bedbugs, and they still have them, I worry about places that want to make tenants pay such as where residents of the low-income housing units run by the Public Housing Authority in Frankfort, Kentucky who have to pay for their own bed bug treatment, at a cost of $500-600. It’s one thing to pay for treatments that WORK, but unless the entire building is treated, it may end up like this building. $60,000 spent and bedbugs are still there?

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/#comment-11004 nobugsonme Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:54:41 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1094#comment-11004 Yes, they do, hopelessnomo. They comment as if they are aware of bed bugs, perhaps have even had them. Yes, they do, hopelessnomo.

They comment as if they are aware of bed bugs, perhaps have even had them.

]]> By: hopelessnomo http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/05/indianapolis-housing-authority-vs-bed-bugs/#comment-11003 hopelessnomo Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:17:30 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1094#comment-11003 The Indy Star's readers leave comments that are several grades above others we've seen in other papers. The Indy Star’s readers leave comments that are several grades above others we’ve seen in other papers.

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