By Nobugsonme on Nov 18, 2007 in apartments, bed bugs, bedbugs, condo conversions, dc, landlords, norwood, tenants, washington | 0 Comments
Official Norwood Tenants Blog asks “Would you pay $200k for an apartment with bedbugs, no heat, and no working elevator?”
Tenants of the Norwood Apartments at 1417 N St. NW in Wasington, DC: complain their landlord is neglecting rental apartments with mold and bed bugs, while pitching $200K condo conversions.
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By nobugsonme on Jun 28, 2007 in SROs, activism, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, dc, elderly, low-income housing, washington DC | 55 Comments
Omar Fekeiki reported in the Washington Post yesterday that the historic 117-room Phillis Wheatley YWCA at 901 Rhode Island Ave. NW in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington DC is infested with bed bugs, among other problems. (It’s not affiliated with the national YWCA.) The ladies who live there are now withholding rent.
Protesting residents [...]
By nobugsonme on Mar 4, 2007 in FAQs, dc, florida, housing laws, multi-unit buildings, treatment, usa, washington | 2 Comments
Got some information today on DC and FL laws vis-a-vis extermination (whose responsibility it is to pay does depend on locality in the US). I added this to our FAQ for tenants, but I am also putting it here, so people can see the update, especially because DC’s laws are different from those [...]
By nobugsonme on Oct 22, 2006 in FAQs, alberta, bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, california, canada, chicago, dc, housing laws, illinois, information and help, landlords, lawsuits, legal, massachusetts, multi-unit buildings, new jersey, new york, nova scotia, ontario, prince edward island, quebec, tenants, treatment, usa, washington | 40 Comments
One of the first questions renting tenants, co-op owners and condo owners ask, when confronted with bed bugs, is: who’s responsible for paying for their elimination?
The laws vary. We are not lawyers. There may be inaccuracies or errors or speculative comments below. Use what you find below as a starting point, verify [...]
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