By nobugsonme on Aug 31, 2008 in Allston, Allston-Brighton, Brighton, bed bug warning stickers, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, college, curb, dorms, freegans, furniture, massachusetts, mattress, street, students | 1 Comment
This article was not primarily about bed bugs; it was mainly about college students, and how it’s harder than ever to furnish a student apartment from things you find on the curb.
The reasons given: more competition, including not just students, but from people who buy and sell used items, and also young professionals who [...]
By nobugsonme on Jul 15, 2007 in ABCDC, Allston-Brighton, SROs, VANDU, activism, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, british columbia, canada, downtown eastside, furnishing bedbug-free homes, good ideas, government, hotels, low-income housing, massachusetts, mattresses, multi-unit buildings, public education, treatment, treatment in hotels, usa, vancouver | 8 Comments
Vancouver’s Radio CKNW (AM980) reports on their website Saturday:
Advocacy group fights bed bug outbreak
VANCOUVER - Community advocacy group the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users VANDU is trying to fight a massive outbreak of bedbugs in that city’s Downtown Eastside by gutting infested rooms.
The group’s Anne Livingston says residents have had six weeks notice to [...]
By nobugsonme on Jun 18, 2007 in ABCDC, Allston-Brighton, activism, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, money, treatment | 0 Comments
According to this article in TownOnline, the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation has announced that its grants to people with bed bugs (to help pay for treatment) have run out for this fiscal year. Their program is state-funded, and they’re hoping for more funds.
The ABCDC is the only group in Massachusetts that helps people pay [...]
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