Category: money
By nobugsonme on Nov 18, 2008 in bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, florida, jacksonville, landlords and tenants, low-income, money, self-treatment, tenants | 0 Comments
In some places, landlords don’t have to provide bed bug treatment.
According to this site, Florida isn’t one of them. The site notes,
General Landlord Duties
Landlords are required to deliver possession of the rental property to the renter when the lease period begins. Failure to do so may entitle the renter to sue for [...]
By nobugsonme on Nov 16, 2008 in Bed Bug Project, Bed Bug Project Update, Bug and Scrub, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and public health, bedbugs, canada, disabled, elderly, low-income, money, ontario, public health, spread, toronto | 6 Comments
There’s an article in today’s Toronto Sun updating us on Toronto’s Bed Bug Project.
Toronto Public Health reported yesterday that it has recorded a near 1,000% increase in bed bug infestation calls and they aren’t just from flophouses.
The blood-sucking bugs have prompted 1,444 calls to public health officials for help — up from 147 calls in [...]
By nobugsonme on Oct 28, 2008 in Best Western, Ladybug Pest Control, PCOs, bed bugs, bedbugs, business, farmington, hotels, money, motels, new mexico | 0 Comments
It was the Farmington, New Mexico Days Inn that hotel guests claimed had the recent bed bug troubles.
But KOB reports that the local Best Western is now publicizing their pro-active campaign against bed bugs. They say exterminators are coming once a month and spraying when needed. The video (below) shows Ladybug Pest Control [...]
By nobugsonme on Oct 1, 2008 in Cincinnati/Hamilton County Joint Bed Bug Task Force, Franklin County, Hamilton County, anxiety, bed bug bites, cincinnati, columbus, dr. susan jones, entomologist, money, ohio, sleep, spread of bed bugs, usa | 4 Comments
Why?
Because she’s one of those entomologists who’s telling it like it is, to public officials who want to ignore the bed bug problem. The Columbus Dispatch quoted Jones Tuesday as saying,
“If you bury your head in the sand, you’re going to get bitten, and it’s just going to get worse and worse,” said Susan [...]
By nobugsonme on Sep 17, 2008 in A3203, Joan M. Quigley, L. Grace Spencer, L. Harvey Smith, NJ, New Jersey Assembly, bed bug legislation, bed bug treatment, bills, cost of bed bug treatment, landlords and tenants, legislation, money, new jersey, new york, news, spread | 4 Comments
New Jersey Assembly members Joan M. Quigley, L. Grace Spencer, and L. Harvey Smith introduced legislation (A-3203) on Monday which would make New Jersey landlords wholly responsible for eliminating bed bugs from rented accommodation.
The bill has been referred to the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee for a hearing.
Here’s a video of Joan [...]
By nobugsonme on Sep 12, 2008 in Jersey City City Council, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, costs, jersey city, landlords and tenants, money, new jersey, steven fulop | 8 Comments
State Senators and Hudson County Democratic Assembly Members were already working on changing the laws in New Jersey so that landlords could not pass on bed bug extermination costs to tenants.
Now Jersey City politicians are trying to make the same change on the city level, ASAP. The Jersey Journal reported Wednesday via NJ.com:
The Jersey [...]
By nobugsonme on Aug 28, 2008 in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, bed bugs, bedbugs, class, government, money, new york, new york city, nyc, rick cooper, spread of bed bugs | 2 Comments
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s Mary Frost did a second article on bed bugs Tuesday, following up from one two weeks ago.
Readers may recall that it was just last February when another reporter from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dennis Holt, was mocking the idea that the city might spend money to work on the [...]
By nobugsonme on Aug 13, 2008 in David Cain, bed bugs, bedbugs, england, housnlow, london, money, uk | 2 Comments
This article from the Hounslow Chronicle (in London) on Tuesday reports that some UK housing authorities are no longer paying for tenants’ bed bug treatment, due to the rise in cases.
It tells the story of Claire Prince, 24. She and her four children are sleeping on floors, air mattresses, and in a stroller, since [...]
By nobugsonme on Jun 18, 2007 in ABCDC, Allston-Brighton, activism, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, money, treatment | 0 Comments
According to this article in TownOnline, the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation has announced that its grants to people with bed bugs (to help pay for treatment) have run out for this fiscal year. Their program is state-funded, and they’re hoping for more funds.
The ABCDC is the only group in Massachusetts that helps people pay [...]
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