- The work of New York vs Bed Bugs has ended -- this site remains as an archive. We're making things simple and easier to maintain but we'll bring back the photographs our friends allowed us to use (perhaps you liked them too).
- Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
- HPD has streamlined the registration page for its online bed bug course and is now offering community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here.
- Featured interview: Steven W. Smollens on landlord / tenant litigation history in Bedbug City
Category Archives: Issues and Challenges
NYC HPD now offering bed bug education community classes for non-profits and tenants groups
And they also offer free classes at their lower Manhattan offices on designated Wednesdays from 6:00-9:00 pm at 100 Gold Street, New York, NY 10038. Register for the in-person class online or call 212-863-8830. For the non-profit and tenant groups … Continue reading
An interview with Steven W. Smollens: law and history in NYC
Steven W. Smollens has practiced landlord and tenant law in New York City for 34 years. I have (in my History of the Misery of Bed Bugs collection) a set of notes, passed along like contraband, of his New York … Continue reading
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Bed bug management policy guide for accommodation providers
From Australian medical entomologist Stephen Doggett, a draft first edition of a Bed Bug Management Policy for Accommodation Providers, “initially developed to assist community housing groups who were experiencing recurrent bed bug problems” but useful for anyone in “the hospitality … Continue reading
“This may be the problem that puts the family into crisis”
It’s sometimes difficult to make sense of presentations found on the internet. Meaning is often lost in all those bullets in the absence of the speaker. Not so with this presentation from the last Central Ohio Bed Bug Summit by … Continue reading
What’s working for bed bug control in multifamily housing: a new report from NCHH
The National Center for Healthy Housing, with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs, has published a report on the actual practice of bed bug control: What’s Working for Bed Bug Control in Multi-Family Housing: Reconciling best … Continue reading
Bed bugs make the home page of the NYC Department of Health
You have to see this. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has published a new bed bug guide, Preventing and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs Safely (PDF), available in English as a printed booklet by calling … Continue reading
Letter in support of the Community Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell
Below is our letter in support of the Community IPM Program — links added in this online version. Please take a moment to review the appeal (PDF) by Dr. Donald Rutz, director of the NYS IPM Program, and please consider … Continue reading
Bed bug treatment specs in TCH’s July 2009 RFP
If you want to see an example of bed bug treatment specs within the context of a full RFP, see Toronto Community Housing’s Integrated Pest Management Services Request for Proposal from July 2009. Pest treatment specifications for bed bugs are … Continue reading
Bed bug lecture by Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann
The University of Maryland’s Home and Garden Information Center has posted three videos of a bed bug lecture by Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann of the NYS IPM Program. Bed Bugs Part 1: What is a Bed Bug? Bed bugs Part 2: … Continue reading
Detecting bed bugs using bed bug monitors, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Dr. Changlu Wang has produced a new fact sheet, FS1117 – Detecting Bed Bugs Using Bed Bug Monitors (free PDF download), detailing step-by-step instructions to make and use the dry ice trap developed by Rutgers University (see the ScienceNews story … Continue reading
