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A tale of another city: Monticello, NY low-income tenants 1, slumlord 0 »

By nobugsonme on Jul 4, 2007 in North Plank Development Co., activism, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, elderly, hope, hotels, housing laws, landlords, low-income housing, monticello, multi-unit buildings, new york, organizing tenants, slumlords, tenants, usa | 3 Comments

The Times Herald-Record reports today that a Monticello, NY building was seriously infested with bed bugs and had other code violations. In some ways, it was similar to Denver’s Halcyon House, in that the residents don’t have much money, and they were being made to live under inhumane conditions, in violation of housing codes. […]

Bed bugs & tenant organizing: don’t take this lying down »

By nobugsonme on Feb 19, 2007 in activism, bed bugs, bed bugs and landlords, bed bugs and tenants, bedbugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, landlords, multi-unit buildings, neighbors, organizing tenants, tenants, treatment | 9 Comments

We know that the only way for multi-unit buildings to eliminate bed bugs (at least until the next unwitting soul brings them in) is by having a PCO who knows what they’re doing treat all affected units. In cases where there is one affected unit, all adjacent units (above, below, and on all sides) […]