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New Jersey legislators pushing to make landlords pay for bed bug treatment »

By nobugsonme on Jul 30, 2008 in Brian Stack, Grandview Terrace, Hudson County Democratic Assembly, Joan Quigley, L. Grace Spencer, L. Harvey Smith, NJ, New Jersey State Senate, William Dorrity, bed bug treatment, jersey city, new jersey, tenants and landlords, the bed bug blame game | 0 Comments

As we’ve noted recently, New Jersey’s Warranty of Habitability laws currently state that landlords of buildings with three or more apartments have to pay for their tenants’ bed bug treatment. But the laws don’t prohibit landlords from passing on the costs to tenants.
The real problem with this is that it means some [...]

New Jersey’s laws designed to spread bed bugs in rental housing »

By nobugsonme on Jul 2, 2008 in Back Bay Gardens, Bayonne, Bayonne Housing Authority, Grandview Terrace, John Mahon, bed bug bites, bed bug laws, bed bug treatment, bed bug treatment protocols, bed bugs, bedbugs, cost of bed bug treatment, elderly, government, jersey city, landlords and tenants, low-income housing, new jersey, seniors | 5 Comments

Many local laws make it easier for bed bugs to spread, and New Jersey’s laws are among them.
As noted on our FAQ about who pays for treatment, the New Jersey Warranty of Habitability says landlords have to keep rental apartments pest-free.
However, things can be a bit more complicated than that.
Although the law says [...]