Low-income renters in Anchorage bitten by another problem: Bedbugs

[unhappycamper]

http://www.adn.com/article/20141004/low-income-renters-anchorage-bitten-another-problem-bedbugs



Low-income renters in Anchorage bitten by another problem: Bedbugs
Michelle Theriault Boots
October 4, 2014

After years of homelessness with her husband and children, Sandra Haviland was ecstatic to land an apartment this May.

The two-bedroom unit at the Royal Suite Apartments, a former motel that fronts Minnesota Drive, was modest.

The couple’s elementary school-age sons would share a bed. So would their two teenage daughters. Haviland and her husband would sleep on the couch and a fold-out cot, respectively.

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Haviland and some of her neighbors say their apartments are so infested with bedbugs that they put children to bed at night with a dose of Benadryl to dull itching and allow sleep.

[yeoman6987]

1. Bedbugs are one area that does not economically

Discriminate. Wealthy areas have bed bugs too. Clean up is a pain but can be done relatively cheaply. I am not sure if the occupants are responsible themselves or the landlords. I didn't notice if they bought or were renting.

[unhappycamper]

2. According to the article, they are low-income renters. n/t

[yeoman6987]

3. Then the landlord needs to do something ASAP

Glad for the exposure. Of corse they should stop paying rent until the Landlord does something. I would also try cleaning it up myself and save the receipts to deduct from the rent.

[NewDeal_Dem]

4. i don't know where you got the idea that it;s cheap.