Category: disabled
By nobugsonme on May 14, 2008 in bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, disabilities, disabled, manitoba, mentally challenged, preparation for bed bug treatment, social services, throwing things away, winnipeg | 1 Comment
John Mohan, CEO of Siloam Mission in Winnipeg, wrote this moving article about the challenges of a woman with an intellectual disability who he knew as a helpful volunteer in his organization:
The intellectually challenged woman who had been part of our lives for the past two years exists in a complicated, yet porous social safety […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 10, 2008 in Joe Fiorito, Paula Fletcher, Toronto Public Health, bed bug statistics, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, canada, disabled, dr. david mckeown, elderly, homeless, low-income, new york and bed bugs, nyc, ontario, public health, shelters, statistics on bed bugs, toronto, toronto board of health, toronto medical officer of health | 12 Comments
A bit of background:
Toronto has had a serious bed bug problem for some time, just like New York, London, San Francisco, Vancouver–I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
The Toronto Star also has a journalist called Joe Fiorito who wrote extensively and repeatedly about how serious a problem bed bugs were, […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 1, 2008 in Bowling Green, Kentucky Housing Corporation, bed bugs, bedbugs, disabled, disabled and bed bugs, elderly, elderly and bed bugs, kentucky, low-income housing, residents' association, tenant organizing | 1 Comment
Three weeks ago, building management of Bowling Green Towers — a low-income housing building in Bowling Green, Kentucky that houses elderly and disabled tenants whose rent is subsidized by the government (via HUD) — claimed the building had only “four” units infested with bed bugs. You can read an earlier story we did on […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 21, 2007 in SRO, bed bug cleaning, bed bug guidelines, bed bug preparation, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, california, california dept. of pubic health, disabled, dr. laura krueger, elderly, government, hotels, how to get rid of bed bugs, public education, public health, san francisco, san francisco dept. of public health | 6 Comments
Looks Like another bedbug clean up
Originally uploaded by Social Interloper
O’Farrell St., between Hyde and Leavonworth, San Francisco
Some exciting things are happening in California, and have been for some time. Since we’ve been giving a lot of love to Cincinnati lately, I wanted to […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 19, 2007 in activism, alberta, apartments, awareness, bed bug blame game, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, canada, detection, disabled, elderly, eviction, government, ignorance, information and help, landlords, legal, multi-unit buildings, new jersey, notification, prep, public education, social services, tenants, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 17 Comments
The Daily Record reports that a landlord is trying to evict George Veghte, a disabled man from Rutgers Village, a complex in Parsippany, NJ. He asked for help with his bed bugs. They told him to prep, but he could not follow all steps on his own.
His lease was terminated Sept. 27, about […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 21, 2007 in American Housing Preservation Corp, Halcyon House, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, colorado, denver, disabled, elderly, housing laws, multi-unit buildings, paralysis, treatment, usa | 2 Comments
Thanks to Hopelessnomo for the link.
Rocky Mountain News Service has an article today by a journalist whose friend Steve is a quadriplegic living in Halcyon House, with bed bugs. It may be the worst thing I’ve read about bed bugs, period. The building has all kinds of other problems, which are horrific in […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 16, 2007 in American Housing Preservation Corp, Halcyon House, Miami Heat, Urban Inc, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, big business, celebrities, colorado, denver, disabled, elderly, misinformation, multi-unit buildings, news, shaq, treatment | 20 Comments
This one is going to break your heart, and piss you off. The Rocky Mountain News reported Friday on a Denver infestation in a 197-unit building called Halcyon House that houses disabled and elderly people in affordable units. Nasty, badly kept, bed bug-infested affordable units (oh, and did I mention the plumbing was […]
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