Category: homelessness
By nobugsonme on Mar 6, 2008 in YMCA, YMCA Greater Boston, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, funding, homeless, homelessness, shelter, transitional housing | 0 Comments
Bed bugs are one of the problems 63 formerly homeless men in transitional housing in a Boston YMCA are having to put up with. The building has apparently been so neglected so long that program sponsors may begin witholding rent.
Ironically, when these men have made the choice to leave homelessness behind, they’re made to live […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 1, 2008 in BC, DTES, VANDU, activism, bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, canada, community, downtown eastside, grassroots, homelessness, poverty, poverty olympics, vancouver, vancouver 2010 | 0 Comments
Vancouver | Homes Not Games
Originally uploaded by ardenstreet
Graffiti from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Remember VANDU? They’re the grassroots community group in Vancouver that got a grant and implemented a plan to help fight bed bugs in Vancouver’s beleaguered Downtown Eastside.
Well, they’re back at it, this time as one of the sponsors of this weekend’s […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 24, 2007 in affordable housing, assistance, bed bugs, bed bugs and money, bedbugs, california, charities, children, disabilities, elderly, finances, government, homelessness, illnesses, poverty, travelers beach inn, ventura county | 1 Comment
Catholic Charities is one group trying to help those displaced when the Traveler’s Beach Inn was shut down due to bed bugs and electrical problems, the Ventura County Star reported Saturday.
The week before Christmas and raining, to boot, some 14 families were tipped out of a Ventura inn because of electrical hazards and an infestation […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 10, 2007 in Joe Fiorito, Lexington, The Star, bed bug epidemic, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and the elderly, bedbugs, best practices, canada, education, elderly, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, homelessness, housing laws, how to kill bed bugs, journalist, journalists, kentucky, low-income housing, multi-unit buildings, ontario, pest control, public education, public health, public housing, social services, spread, toronto, treatment, treatment in institutions, usa | 0 Comments
LEX18 - Lexington, KY: Health Department Encourages Learning About Bed Bugs
“The Kentucky Department for Public Health is encouraging people to learn more about bed bugs, the small, brownish insects that feed on the blood of animals.” Paradoxically, this article contains almost no content or explanation of how they’ll do that.
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By nobugsonme on Aug 14, 2007 in apartments, bed bugs, bedbugs, homelessness, multi-unit buildings, new jersey, north carolina, shelters, spread, treatment, treatment in institutions, usa | 2 Comments
Some days, there’s so much bedbug news, I can’t keep up.
First, this item from NJ.com about an infested building South Jersey (Jamestown Square in Blackwood, NJ) makes me wonder: what if there was a newspaper item for every single infested building in New York?!? The New York Times would have to use a […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 14, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, costs, freehold, government, health, homelessness, institutions, mental health, new jersey, social services, treatment in institutions | 2 Comments
Bed bug news, even the important stuff that can make a difference, is often considered unimportant, and squeezed into a paragraph under the bottom of an article on something else.
NJ.com reported Friday that in Freehold, NJ,
Keith Hamilton said that bedbugs have returned to some local social-service facilities and asked if the county can make money […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 25, 2007 in Tipping Point, bed bugs, bedbugs, fire, government, health, homelessness, news, treatment, treatment in institutions, usa, utah | 9 Comments
According to kutv.com, the firefighters blame the infestation on a homeless shelter they are called out to regularly.
“What are we going to do? Strip everyone down and make them take a shower before we let them in the shelter?” asks Diane Keay of the Salt Lake County Health Department. “I don’t think we’re […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 3, 2006 in alberta, bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, homelessness, housing laws, multi-unit buildings, tales of bed bug woe, treatment | 2 Comments
Previously, I blogged about the case in Edmonton, where tenants were evicted for not complying with the preparations for extermination in their apartments (which involved bagging clothes and moving or removing furniture.
Now, the Edmonton Journal is reporting that some tenants who claim to have complied with the preparations for bed bug treatment in their building […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 28, 2006 in Governor Carcieri, activism, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and homelessness, bedbugs, cranston, homelessness, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, mattress encasements, news, rage, rhode island, treatment, welcome arnold | 1 Comment
Public officials make so many mistakes when it comes to bedbugs, that Bedbugger almost can’t keep up.
Today, an article in the Rhode Island News provides just one example. A Cranston, RI shelter was so infested that 70 residents and housing advocates marched to the State House, seeking the Governor’s help. (You need a login, which […]
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