By nobugsonme on May 7, 2007 in bed bug disclosure, bed bugs, bed bugs and real estate, bed bugs and tenants, bedbugs, housing laws, landlords, lawsuits, legal, real estate, tenants | 25 Comments
A reader asks:
I’m wondering if there’s a legal duty for landlords to report an
infestation to potential tenants?
Dear Reader,
Local laws almost always specify the types of homes landlords are expected to provide (in good repair, free of pests, etc.) and so landlords are almost always required to provide a home without bed bugs, and to […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 10, 2007 in Presidential Towers, bed bug class action suit, bed bug disclosure, bed bug lawsuit, bed bugs, bed bugs Chicago, bed bugs Presidential Towers, bed bugs and tenants, bedbugs, chicago, illinois, landlords, legal, multi-unit buildings, treatment, usa | 17 Comments
A fourth person is suing Presidential Towers in Chicago: this time, on the grounds that Presidential Towers knew the neighbors had bugs, did not tell the tenant, who then got them.
This issue is relevant to all tenants with bed bugs. If landlords had to tell neighbors when one tenant had bed bugs, it […]
By parakeets on Nov 4, 2006 in activism, bed bug disclosure, bed bugs, bed bugs and tenants, bedbugs, government, housing laws, massachusetts, misdiagnoses, multi-unit buildings, treatment | 1 Comment
A friend of mine recently said she was told that her building was being treated for “a new kind of roach.” Then she described the treatment–all the tenants would have to put all their things in plastic bags in the center of the room, the treatment was going to be done 3 times over a […]
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