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had a great get together with old friends. they have a good wine tasting. menu has good choices. Food is good but not over the top. service is good. watch out for the price per glass of wine.
had a great get together with old friends. they have a good wine tasting. menu has good choices. Food is good but not over the top. service is good. watch out for the price per glass of wine.
Although we were at a preselected menu everything was superb!!! My husband was drooling over the steaks, although his seafood risotto and mine were excellent!! Dessert was phenomenal!
This is a nice simple review The place was good The food excellent The staff first class No complaints just praise for a job well done I will be back real soon.
We went on a Monday night and it wasn't very crowded. Our servers were very attentive. I had the buffalo mozzarella pizza which was thin crust. I would have preferred a bit more spices in the tomato sauce. My son had the poached salmon special which was spectacular. The serving of salmon was huge and it was topped with 2... More
We had dinner here with relatives who live in Las Vegas. We chose this restaurant, mainly because we were staying at Green Valley Ranch for a conference. The dinner overall was very nice. The food and service were good. My biggest complaint is that we could have had a similar experience at another restaurant for 1/4 of the price. For... More
The food was very good but I was shocked when I looked at the prices on the menu. There is better food to be had for what they like to charge.
Good food, great wait staff. Told the waitress we were in a hurry and she was extremely accommodating. The wine came out immediately, then the starters and entrees immediately following. The food was hot and came exactly as ordered. Very nice quiet atmosphere.
I've been here on a previous occasion as well. Its a great choice for delicious Italian food with great service in Henderson. On both occasions, the food and service have been excellent. The ambiance is great and you'll forget that you're dining in a casino when you are there. The staff was very knowledgeable and were able to take "out"... More
So sad. This used to be a great spot to eat, but the food was not at all what was described on the menu, prices high, and the service horrendous considering the restaurant was practically empty on a Saturday night. I will not return to what sadly was one of my favorite spots.
Dont expect to win, just get points to eat, thats all you will ever get at a stations casino. So my pick is Terra Verde. Food is great, poor service.
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In this paper Professor Michael Maher and Professor Donald Palmer analyze the mortgage meltdown as a "normal accident" (Perrow, 1984). They begin by briefly outlining normal accident theory; both Perrow's original version and Mezias' (1994) subsequent extension. They then use normal accident theory to analyze the mortgage meltdown and draw a few insights from our account. They then consider the relationship between normal accidents and wrongdoing; a vexing question for both normal accident theory and observers of the meltdown.
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Judge rules Florida drug-testing law unconstitutional
In a major setback for Gov. Rick Scott's administration, requiring welfare applicants to submit to drug tests is unconstitutional, according to a district court ruling Tuesday.
Scott immediately announced he would appeal the decision on the controversial 2011 law, reports Dara Kam of the News Service of Florida. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven is a significant defeat for the governor in the extended dispute over drug testing many of Florida's poorest residents.
Scriven found that demanding urine tests as a precondition for government aid violates the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
In the 30-page opinion, Scriven sternly warned, "there is no set of circumstances under which the warrantless, suspicionless drug testing at issue in this case could be constitutionally applied."
Running on a campaign platform of mandatory drug testing, Scott insisted that urine tests are necessary to ensure poor children do not grow up in drug-riddled homes.
"Any illegal drug use in a family is harmful and even abusive to a child. We should have a zero tolerance policy for illegal drug use in families — especially those families who struggle to make ends meet and need welfare assistance to provide for their children," Scott said in a statement response to Tuesday's ruling. "We will continue to fight for Florida children who deserve to live in drug-free homes by appealing this judge's decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals."
In 2011, the Legislature passed, under pressure from the governor, the bill requiring all applicants seeking Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – "poorest of the poor" Floridians – to submit to urine tests, Kam writes.
Applicants would pay up front about $35 out of their own pockets for the tests; reimbursed if they did tested negative for drugs.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida promptly sued the state on behalf of Luis Lebron, a single father and Navy veteran.
Scriven issued a preliminary injunction in October 2011, temporarily outing the law on hold. Scott appealed the decision, but an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel upheld Scriven's decision in February, by finding the drug tests were an unreasonable search by government.
Scott's subsequent request for a full court review was denied.
Scriven relied heavily the 11th Circuit decision for her Tuesday ruling, which also cited preceding U.S. Supreme Court decisions restricting urine tests used by government agencies for employees working dangerous jobs or jobs involving schoolchildren.
The governor's lawyers argued TANF recipients are a "special interest" exception to the Fourth Amendment, where tests are necessary to ensure job readiness, meet social welfare program goals and guarantee public money is spent as it was intended, and not on drugs.
Scriven criticized the administrations expert witnesses, testimony and evidence used to support the law.
"In sum, there simply is no competent evidence offered on this record of the sort of pervasive drug problem the State envisioned in the promulgation of this statute," Scriven concluded.
Even if the state could prove a distinct group of people exempt from constitutional protection, she wrote, it would create a dangerous precedent.
"If persons in an economic demographic could be shown to have a higher rate of drug use, would all such persons in that economic group be subjected to drug testing?" Scriven wrote. "Even if such suspicionless testing as proposed by the State were limited to those persons receiving state funds, would college students receiving governmental assistance to subsidize their education, for example, be subjected to random, suspicionless drug testing if it could be shown that drug use is demonstrably higher among college students?"
"The Supreme Court's Fourth Amendment precedent would suggest not."
The ACLU Florida applauded Scriven's decision, Kam notes.
ACLU of Florida Associate Legal Director Maria Kayanan, lead attorney for the case, called it "a sound rejection of the evidence that the state presented to the district court in its attempt to establish that TANF applicants used drugs at a higher rate than the general population."
Scott's promised appeal will be "a waste of the state's time and taxpayer's money," Kayanan said, but "they certainly have the right to an appeal."


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Is there a push mower that will offer propel assistance in both forward and reverse? |
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- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Sun, Aug 18, 13 at 12:45
IF it's propelled, it's no longer a push mower. Walk behind would be more descriptive. I doubt you'll find any kind of "residential" walk behind with reverse since some people would be cutting their feet off. |
Well, there's a 4WD, but still no reverse. If you think about it, would you really want a power mower in reverse coming back at your feet? :) |
Thank you for the two responses, both of which make a lot of sense regarding the danger of injury. My problem is that my Wife likes to help with mowing my four acres of grass. I use a zero-turn and she uses a regular riding mower. We need to use a push mower sometimes and it is too difficult for her to pull backwards when necessary. Is there a mower which completely disengages the forward drive assist or is the drive assist adjustable to almost completely release the forward assist? |
- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Mon, Aug 19, 13 at 12:12
I'm not aware of any walk behinds that you can't disengage the drive. Else the mower would be moving forward when you were starting the engine. |
I think it is only the front wheel drive models that don't disengage the wheels, as it assumes you will be tilting the mower back to make a turn. All the rear-wheel drive models disengage when you release the drive bail. |
Both Snapper and Toro can be pulled backwards. On one, just release your thumb and on the Toro, just stop pushing the bar. Both are rear wheel drive. |
You should buy only a rear wheel drive mower. On mowers with a drive bar (bail) that you pull up and hold against the bar to drive, as soon as you release the bail it completely disengages. The Toro version is called 'Variable Speed' as you can 'feather' the bail for assist at slower speeds. This is the kind I recommend. The Toro 'Personal Pace' can be tricky to disengage on the pull-back because it has no operating lever. The belt is tightened by a sliding handle as you push the mower forward. So, the drive won't release until the handle rises all the way up by spring action and the wheels coast forward a short distance. The Toro drive is also the simplest and longest-lasting. The 'Variable Speed' and personal Pace' are both variations of the same design with a belt that is designed to constantly slip. Even so, the belts last a very long time - I have been using two mowers with 'Variable Speed' for years with no belt failure. They have adjustments to compensate for stretch/wear. Toro sells a 20" mower under the Lawn-Boy brand that is inexpensive and has 'Variable Speed'. You find these in Home Centers and they are highly-rated by users. I recommended one to my son and he really likes it. It's a light, maneuverable mower for trim work or smaller yards. Notice the overhead valve engine on the linked mower. |
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I wish there were a 21" self propelled mower that had reverse as well. It would make forward and backward trimming around things much less tiresome. Sarlo, and some others, make a "high wheel" mower, where a tiny wheel or gear presses directly against the wheels to drive them. When it is released the rear wheels are completely free to "free wheel" without a belt or the transmission trying to fight you. The large wheels also roll over rough ground nicely. The mowers only have one speed though. They are also designed as rough duty mowers and don't have as much cutting height adjustability as regular residential mowers do. Another option are the friction plate drive systems like the old Snappers and Ariens mowers have. When the disc lifts free of the drive plate the engine is completely disconnected from the transmission. Pulling them backwards still turns part of the transmission but not as bad as fighting a badly functioning belt drive transmission. I don't know about current snapper rear wheel drive mowers, but Ariens only uses the friction plate transmission on their "classic" line of mowers these days. I only learned this year that it is not due to the transmission that mowers want to resist disengaging or freely rolling backwards. There is a special type of washer on the axle by the wheels that is supposed to grab when going forward but not grab when rolling in reverse. They may be plastic and wear out. I read that is why Toro, until recently, always had the grease zerks on the back wheels - to help keep those functioning. My 36" commercial walk behind has a simple safe reverse on it. Its called "operator assisted" reverse. You shift into reverse, but then have to give it a light tug before it rolls back. I don't know how the Peerless transmission accomplishes that, but it's like its asking you, for safety sake, if you are sure you want the mower to back up and the tug confirms it and the mower starts backing up. |
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Kids and Cholesterol: Keeping Cholesterol Under Control
High cholesterol is a health problem we often associate with adults, but children can also be affected. High cholesterol levels, along with other factors that put adults at risk for heart problems ( high blood pressure, diabetes, lack of physical activity, and being overweight or obese), also put children at risk later in life.
For instance, high cholesterol levels play a role in forming fatty plaque build-up in arteries, causing the arteries to harden. This condition, known as atherosclerosis, can start in childhood. If not addressed, it can lead to coronary artery disease in adulthood.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recommends that all children have a cholesterol screening when they are between the ages of nine and 11 years old. However, if high cholesterol levels run in your family or if your child has certain risk factors, he or she may need cholesterol screening before then. Discuss this with your child's doctor. All children should be checked again between the ages of 17-21 years.
There are two types of cholesterol often discussed: "good" cholesterol, also known as HDL cholesterol, and "bad" cholesterol, also called LDL cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is the main culprit of heart problems, so keeping levels low is important. For children, this means making sure that their LDL cholesterol level is less than 110 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter). Here are cholesterol level guidelines from NHLBI:
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Acceptable | less than 110 mg/dL |
Borderline | 110-129 mg/dL |
High | 130 mg/dL or greater |
Total Cholesterol Levels in Children and Teens 2-19 Years Old
Acceptable | less than 170 mg/dL |
Borderline | 170-199 mg/dL |
High | 200 mg/dL or greater |
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I run a k&n in my rig and the dealer said i had to switch back to factory filter because the intake is full of gunk from it . this makes me mad im getting 38mpg and know it will go down if i switch. how could the factory oil on the filter make problems for the intake?it says ready out of the box. Was the dealer looking for some work and just saying this? anyway going to continue on with it in there and get another opinion. What you think out there?
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Ltpines Posts: 31) I drive a 2008 Aveo5 hatch but am experiencing severe muscle aches due to constant tension - trying to stay seated. The seats are flat (even though they were advertised as 'bucket-seats') and provide little to no side support.
The OEM seat covers are relatively slippery and this is really a problem as I go around curves/turns. And NO - I don't drive all that fast. I slip even when driving on an incline. (Is the fabric coated with Teflon?)
(These are definitely NOT genuine 'bucket-seats')
Can anyone suggest a seat-cover which will provide some measure of grip? Mind you - these seats have side-airbags.
2) I also have a problem with my spine (fractured 5th lumbar as victim of previous rear-end crash while waiting at STOP sign) so the seat being so close to the floor is causing pain. I DO use the 'lumbar support' lever but it provides only minimal help. Therefore I need to raise the seat so my hips are level with or higher than my knees. This was never a problem with the REAL pick-up trucks I drove (1970s - 1980s bench seat trucks) unlike today's with the low-slung 'bucket seats'.
I bought this 'Coors can on wheels' (silver finish) due to the advertised 40mpg (actually around 35mpg). Then just before I took it back for its first 'free maintenance check' - GM took all the Chevy cars and closed the dealership down.
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One photo immediately caught Richard's attention. It showed the smoldering ruins of a house near the center of town, with gray smoke billowing into a bleak sky. On the back, in graceful cursive that looks as though it might have been written by a woman, was the date, Spring 1893, and the words "Burning out the Chinamen. An outrage. I was for the Chinamen."
Richard is an amateur historian who uncovered a forgotten railroad town along the South Platte River in 1999 ("Smelter Skelter," July 26, 2001), but he was startled by the picture in his hands.
"I'd never heard of a race war to 'burn out the Chinamen,'" he says. "I was stunned."
What the Boulware brothers had come across was evidence of one of the uglier but least-known chapters in Colorado history. In the 1880s and 1890s, Chinese immigrants were greatly feared here. Because they were willing to work for less money than the Italian and German immigrants who had crowded into the state's mining camps, the Chinese were subjected to random violence by white workers. Sensationalist newspaper coverage of the "Mongolian invasion" helped to incite racist mobs across Colorado, and the Chinese workers in Como were among their victims.
"There was a big rivalry between the Chinese and Italians in Como," says John, who runs John Boulware Antiques on South Broadway. "There were a couple of mines up there. One had Italians and the other was Chinese. Because they were paying the Chinese less money, the Italians were afraid of losing their jobs. That's how it got started -- it was over wages and working conditions. Then they burned them out of there."
The photographs have changed hands several times, so John doesn't know the name of the Como family who originally sold them. The photo of the house was included with a half-dozen other images, including shots of downtown Como, an overview of the community from a hill above town, and a photo of Breckenridge. (The images were sold again two months ago, but not before Richard scanned them into his computer.)
"Chinese laborers were usually recruited in China by representatives of American companies," says Tom Noel, professor of Colorado history at the University of Colorado at Denver. In California and other states, the immigrants often did the dangerous work of building new railroads, but in Colorado they largely worked as miners or in laundries and restaurants.
"They had agents in China who worked with the mine owners," Noel adds. "They told them there were jobs here."
In 1893, the year the picture was taken, Colorado was hit hard when the price of silver collapsed. Thousands of miners lost their jobs, which undoubtedly played a part in the racial violence in Como.
"Jobs were harder to come by, and workers felt particularly threatened by people willing to work for less," says Noel. "The mine owners wanted the most docile employees. The Irish and Italians were more union-minded." Because the Italian workers traditionally took the lowest-level jobs, they may have felt especially vulnerable.
William Wei, who teaches Asian-American history at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is writing a book about the Asian experience in Colorado. The burning of the Como house was the last act of a long-running feud between Italian and Chinese coal miners, he says. "The Chinese workers came into competition with miners from southern Italy who had preceded them. They basically expelled the Chinese."
In a 1995, Wei wrote a paper on the anti-Chinese movement in Colorado in which he argued that the number of Chinese workers in the state was too small to be a significant threat to white workers. (The Chinese population probably peaked at about 1,000.) However, he says, fear of an influx of Chinese from California who were willing to work for poverty wages was used by politicians to gain support from working-class whites struggling to survive.
Sadly, the anti-Chinese violence in Como was commonplace throughout the West. Denver's own Chinatown was destroyed in an 1880 race riot that culminated in a lynching on October 31. That evening, a crowd of 3,000 men and boys chanting "The Chinese must go!" flooded the area between Wazee and Blake and 15th and 17th streets. The area was known as Hop Alley, named after the slang term for opium. The crowd attacked Chinese bystanders, burned down houses and looted stores. One Chinese man, who worked for a local laundry, was beaten to death and hung from a lamppost.
In his paper, Wei wrote that the victim was 28-year-old Look Young, who left behind a wife, father and mother in China -- all dependent on Look's support.
"The story is, a crowd got there and then re-hung him so they could get in on the fun," says Noel.
Hop Alley was next to Denver's red-light district, and Noel says many of the terrified Chinese immigrants were hidden by the "soiled doves" who worked in the brothels. The Chinese operated laundries and opium dens that were patronized by the prostitutes. Fearing further violence, Denver police kept 185 Chinese in the city jail for three days to shield them from the mob. All over Colorado, frightened Chinese immigrants hid. The four men arrested for Young's lynching were eventually acquitted. None of the Chinese storekeepers were ever compensated for their losses.


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In a previous life, when I was The Post's pop music critic, I sat within earshot of the Style editor's office. One day, a couple years back, I heard her laughing so hard and so loudly that I thought she might require medical attention. When she noticed half the Style staff staring quizzically, she announced, through her open door, that she'd been reading Hank Stuever and Bill Booth's freshly-filed dispatch on Vanity Fair's exclusive post-Oscar party and that it was fabulously funny.
Indeed, it was a particularly LOL-worthy example of what's become an annual Style-section story -- a tradition that continues in today's dead-tree edition, with Amy Argetsinger and Dan Zak reporting from the high-wattage soiree. Dan and Amy take you inside the celebrity bubble, capturing the stars in their natural habitat. They eavesdrop and speculate and observe, then turn around and write it all with verve and circa-2010 context and a keen eye for detail. In doing so, they manage to pull off a neat writerly trick: The report has such a strong sense of place that it feels like you're right there at the Sunset Tower, with both Macaulay Culkin and one of the Jonas brothers blowing smoke in your face.
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BlizzCon 2010: Moonkin Hatchling mini-pet going on sale in November
They also announced that their Pandaren Monk pet when it donated all proceeds to charity when it was first available made $1.1 million for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. We're curious if this is a sign of more charity vanity pets to come in the future as that will make a serious impact for almost any cause.
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What wouldn't we give for that extra bit more --
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Why should we be fated to do nothing but brood
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Why should we be fated to do nothing but brood
On food,
Magical food, Wonderful food,
Marvellous food, Fabulous food...
~Food, Glorious Food, Oliver! Soundtrack
As you know, I recently completed a cleanse under the watchful eye of Jules Lieff and the FitOrganix team. I was going to break down my meals every day, but that could get monotonous. So, I've decided to summarize my meals for you. They went a little something like this:
Breakfasts: scrambled egg whites, a handful of walnuts, oatmeal with some organic maple syrup (subbed out for quinoa because this bitch don't like oatmeal), and freshly squeezed juice. I'll tell you...when you cut out the Tropicana and the coffee and the tea, freshly squeezed juice burned my mouth and throat -- but that could have been the ginger. But by the end of the third day, I was fully jonesing for that juice. It's an awesome way to start the day! If you've got a juicer, get to juicing!
Lunch/Dinner: chicken or fish (whitefish, salmon etc), tons of vegetables including garlic, onions, broccoli, peppers, asparagus, carrots, cucumber, sweet potatoes, lentils, avocado, zucchini, chickpeas, red beans and the list really goes on. Usually paired with brown rice or delicious quinoa. My favourite was combination of beans, rice and lentils! Earthy and delicious! Also a refreshing tabbouleh that I got to love twice!
What else: No caffeine, no sugar, no red meat, no dairy, no wheat (no BREAD), no white foods (except for those egg whites) no alcohol <--- and yes, I cheated on this one. Apples, nuts for snacks, including some gluten free/sugar free/wheat free treats baked in the FitOrganix kitchen, like vegan Almond Butter Cookies!
Remember, all of this was delivered fresh to my door everyday, by 8am.
Now...the ugly truth: Three days of no sugar, no caffeine and no hardcore carbs made this queen an evil ruler. Just to add insult to injury, it seemed like everyone at work brought tasty treats in to share. Daily. And I just sat there with my quinoa and eggs. Torture. But by the end of the first week, I could look at those treats on the lunch table and say, "meh." I was starting to feel really good. Bloating was diminishing. I was pooping regularly (everyday at 3pm thankyouverymuch), I wasn't hungry and I was getting full faster. Also, people were noticing.
With the first week under my belt and the "cleansing" part over, it was time to relearn portion control, and to learn how to eat clean. Interestingly, now that the whole cleanse is officially done, I can honestly say that I have fully hit my "reset" button. I feel different. I am much more aware of what I'm eating. My last grocery shop, I focused on the perimeter of the store and avoided the aisles as much as possible. Who am I?
Today, I got to meet up with Jules for coffee (my first in a month!) and we talked about specific food issues, but also about what most people can do to "eat clean." What is clean eating? Focusing on meals that are made up of lean proteins, high vegetable, fruit sugar and low allergenic foods like quinoa and brown rice. Apples help clean your body of heavy metals, such as lead and mercury. Onions and garlic are detoxifying. Red meat is too heavy during a cleanse, but eating red meat once a week helps you to "eat clean."
One thing that I missed very much (other than bread) was cheese. Oh, mama likes her cheese! But it turns out, that dairy is a hormonal based product; it's acidic and can cause almost allergic type reactions in the body (not to be confused with lactose intolerance which is enzyme specific). If you need your cheese, as I do, try to go with a goat or sheep's milk. They have different proteins than cow's milk, and let's face it...I've never met a goat's cheese I didn't like!
And finally, did you know that CORN and WHEAT have been so modified over the years, that there is very little left that is actually healthy? Wheat, in Jules' words, "is a grain that has been so fucked over," and advises everyone to try to completely avoid the following:
- dairy
- wheat
- corn
- soy
- artificial sweeteners
Also, Jules is the official ProudFM Fitness and Nutrition expert can be heard every Monday at 6pm during The Mike Chalut Show on ProudFM. If you're not in Toronto, you can listen online!
Read Part One of my FitOrganix adventure!


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42% of the Way to Mayor Bloomberg's Goal of Creating and Preserving 68,000 Homes and Apartments
Housing Commissioner Shaun Donovan today released a Progress Report on the first two years of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's $3 billion New Housing Marketplace plan to fund the creation and preservation of more than 68,000 homes and apartments over five years. The Progress Report shows that at the end of the second year of the plan, 28,550 units have been completed or funded. Even with a recent increase in the plan to 68,000 units (from the original goal of 65,000) the Bloomberg Administration is ahead of target, 42 percent of the way to reaching the five-year goal. Seventy six percent of the units created and preserved are expected to go to families with incomes under $50,240 per year for a family of four.
Mayor Bloomberg said, " We have made enormous progress towards our goal of providing affordable homes for 200,000 New Yorkers. By fostering the conditions that encourage a robust housing market, we have convinced housing developers that this is a city with a boundless future - one where businesses want to locate and expand, and where people want to live and raise their families. Last year, new housing construction in New York reached a 32-year high, and continues to climb. This new construction is crucial to the City's future because it provides homes for the 840,000 new residents New York has added since 1990. The construction boom will help to relieve the housing shortage that is driving rents and prices beyond what many can afford. But a housing boom alone will not meet all our needs - we must also ensure that a large share of the new housing is affordable to low- and middle-income New Yorkers. Even before the announcement of the New Housing Marketplace plan my Administration had already completed 18,550 units of affordable housing. The 68,000 units of housing being created and preserved through the plan brings us that much closer to fulfilling the great promise of New York as a city of opportunity for all."
The Mayor's plan addresses New York City's changing housing marketplace. In the 1970s and 1980s, the City became the "landlord of last resort", eventually assuming ownership of more than 100,000 units of housing and thousands of vacant lots surrendered in tax foreclosure following the widespread arson and abandonment of neighborhoods primarily in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and northern Manhattan. Today, the City's centrally managed stock has shrunk to fewer than 2,400 units. This represents a dramatic decrease of 95 percent of the in rem stock since 1994. With a dwindling supply of city-owned properties, the City has to find new ways to create affordable housing.
Commissioner Donovan said, "The New York City success story of revitalizing neighborhoods through City-owned land is admired around the world. Now in the new housing marketplace we are making use of new tools to ensure that affordable housing continues to be built and preserved in every borough. We are working with other government agencies and our private and non-profit affordable housing partners to create new homes and new opportunities for thousands of New Yorkers."
The report details progress on the two areas of focus that make up the 68,000 unit goal: creating new affordable housing, and preserving existing housing as affordable.
Creating New Affordable Housing
In the first two years of the New Housing Marketplace plan, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) have started new construction of 12,229 affordable units, more than 40% of the five-year target of 28,500 new units. The Progress Report charts substantial progress on creating affordable housing:
Preserving Affordable Housing
HPD and HDC have started the preservation of 16,321 units, more than 40% of the five-year target of 39,500 rehabilitated units. The Progress Report highlights that:
The report includes examples of New Yorkers who have realized the American Dream through tools provided by the New Housing Marketplace Plan. For example, Lucesita Collado who has moved into a new house in Rheingold Gardens, Brooklyn says of her search for a home, "I looked for almost four years but everything was so small and so expensive. Then I found out about Rheingold Gardens." The Collados applied successfully to the lottery and are now delighted to own an affordable, spacious two-family house in a new neighborhood created through city-sponsored programs on the former site of the Rheingold Brewery in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The Rheingold development site includes 61 two- and three-family homes, thirty cooperative and rental units, commercial development and open space. Ms. Collado is pleased with her three bedrooms, multiple closets, private backyard, and easy commute to her job. She is also excited to be a part of building a new community. "We already know our neighbors; it's terrific to be part of something new-this is a great place to live."
The Progress Report is available by clicking here.
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HPD's mission is to promote quality housing and viable neighborhoods for New Yorkers. The department is the nation's largest municipal housing development agency. Since Fiscal Year 1987, the agency has completed the construction or rehabilitation of over 229,000 units of affordable housing. To request a Homeownership Kit or for information abut affordable rental housing, call 311 or log on to www.nyc.gov/hpd


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WASHINGTON, November 5, 2013 — Montgomery County's historic Glen Echo Park has started a weeklong Shutdown Drive to raise the $200,000 lost during the US government shutdown earlier this year.
While the buildings are managed by the nonprofit Partnership for Arts and Culture created by the Montgomery County government in 2002, the land itself is under the jurisdiction of the US National Park Service. Because of that discrepancy, the Puppet Co., carousel, dance hall, and artist houses had to shut their doors during the shutdown, while various classes were moved to off site locations.
So far, Glen Echo Park has raised $17,000 through neighborhood donations and two happy hours at the Irish Inn at Glen Echo. While the Shutdown Drive ends Friday, donations will still be accepted online. Additionally, half of the proceeds from raffle tickets sold for the Montgomery County Executive Ball will benefit the park.
To donate online, visit: https://glenechoadmin.securesites.com/donate-now
The Montgomery County Gazette provided information for this report.
This article is the copyrighted property of the writer and Communities @ WashingtonTimes.com. Written permission must be obtained before reprint in online or print media. REPRINTING TWTC CONTENT WITHOUT PERMISSION AND/OR PAYMENT IS THEFT AND PUNISHABLE BY LAW.


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Is Your Apartment Infested with Bed Bugs?
By Ronnie Gustin
Does Your Apartment Have Bed Bugs?
- Visual Search: Check around the seams of your mattress closely. Look for rust colored spots or stains. (If stains are found, you most likely have bed bugs) You should also inspect floor boards, behind paintings or other wall hangings, and bed post.
- Smell / Odor: If you have an acute sense of smell, you can also detect bed bugs by smelling for a sweet musty odor. Special K-9 (dogs) have been trained to identify this smell. Depending on the level of infestation, you can detect the odor too.
- Neighbors: Most people will not come out and say they have bed bugs… pretty much social suicide. BUT, you can be creative and pay attention to your neighbors; specifically look at their arms for indications of rashes or bites. Remember, infestations are common to be located around a host… meaning that it is very possible that ONLY one family member is effected by the bed bugs. (Be casual about this… probably not wise to bring it up in conversation)
- Personal: The most common way is most likely from your own body… are you waking up with a rash or series of bites?
- Panic! No need to panic. You're going to get through this. Take a deep breath, exhale.
- Sleep on the Couch: NO NO NO!!! Fight the urge to run away to another room, they will follow you and infest that area too. Bed bugs detect our breath and body heat, so no hiding is impossible. STAY PUT!!
- Move: Again, can't run. You MUST treat the infestation before moving. Bed bugs lay tiny eggs that stick to nearly any surface… if you move, you will bring the infestation with you.
- Treat Yourself! I know, you're tempted to go to the home depot and buy some bug bomb or bed bug spray … these will not kill bed bugs but can cause them to become irritated and spread deeper into walls, and other rooms. Treatment needs to be done by a bed bug removal company. (even general pest removal companies can make the problem worse. Only use a company that really knows how to deal with bed bugs.
- No Chemicals! Chemical treatments are not very effective. Avoid using them, not only are they toxic to you and your family, they only kill the adult bed bugs. Eggs are not effected by sprays, thus if you have treated with chemicals… in a few days you will see the bites return as new eggs hatch.
- STAY PUT!: Yes, you'll have to remain in the infested room… otherwise the infestation will spread through the apartment.
- RELAX: Bed bugs are not known to pass disease. Still not fun. There have been studies that long-term effects can cause anemia, infection (from scratching) and in extremely rare cases could cause anaphylactic shock in people sensitive to the proteins found in bed bug saliva.
- DO SOMETHING: If you do nothing, the infestation will only get worse. Time to react is now!
- MOVE BED: Pull the bed away from the wall. Move night stands or furniture so that they are not touching the bed or frame. Pull up covers so that they are not touching floor, walls, or furniture. This can greatly reduce the bites of bed bugs. If you suspect the bed bugs have infested your bed, you can saran wrap the entire mattress. (make sure is is tight and use lots of layers) You can also try sprinkling some "Thyme" (seasoning) on your bed. It won't kill the bed bugs, but can cut down the bites. (they hate thyme– but so do I!)
- TREAT THE ITCH: There are many ways to treat your skin… for my I made a paste out of baking soda and water. Then apply to the effected areas and immediately, itch gone!
- PREPARE UNIT: You can reduce the amounts of bed bug bites by washing bedding (don't forget all blankets) BUT, make sure to dry on high heat for at least an hour. Vacuum around walls, bed post, bed seams, and floors. Clean and pick up clutter on floor. (make the unit spotless and vacuum frequently)
- FILE COMPLAINT: Fill out the Bed Bug Complaint form located here: https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/complaint_center_form.php
- Get Your CASE NUMBER: After paying the $35 Filing Fee (no other required fee) you will get a case number and immediate access to the online complaint management page. Side Note: I did include 2 upgrades to my case: Certified ($18) and Bonded Copy of Completed Case ($9) The certified case requires landlord to sign for the paper work sent to your landlord from the RPA. The Bonded Copy sent me an official copy of mycase. Those are optional, but that's what I did. Once you pay the filing
- Check CASE STATUS: Once you've filed your complaint, the RPA will assign a dedicated mediator to handle the complaint and to negotiate a fair agreement. (Yes, its legally binding) You can and should check the case status every few days. After my landlord received the legal paperwork from the RPA, they immediately agreed to provide heat treatment at their cost. (I say immediately, I took 2 days for them to propose the solution. They were allowed 3 days, just FYI) Its now been 2 months since I filed my complaint. Today, my apartment is free from bed bugs. I do credit all of this to my Professor he directed me to the RPA. Thank you.
- CASE CLOSED: Once an agreement is reached the RPA will close the case and attach it to the public record database. Now, because my landlord was prompt to resolve my bed bug problem; I requested that the complaint record be removed from record. I was happy with the end result and had no real intentions to harm my landlords image.
Law Student (USC | Law School)
(I'm not an bar licensed lawyer. The above info
Edited on: Friday, March 11th, 2011 12:38 pm
52 Responses to "Is Your Apartment Infested with Bed Bugs?"
Kim September 10th, 2010 8:30 am |
Thank you thank you!! Ronnie, you've provided me with some great advice to combat my bed bug problem. I discovered bites just a few days ago and have noticed that every night there seem to be more. Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a couple crawling on my bed. I was super grossed out. I'm so glad to have found your post. I just filed a complaint. It feels so good to know that someone is going to help me with this. I haven't even contacted my landlord about the bed bugs.. I'm going to let the RPA do it. Personally, I don't know how to approach my landlord. That's really why I filed the bed bug complaint before contacting my landlord personally, because I'm afraid he would immediately place blame on me. Thanks Ronnie for your advice. I've already started preparing my apartment by pulling the bed out and vacuuming. I don't see any signs on my mattress, but I still think I'm going to wrap it in Saran wrap as you suggested. If nothing else, it will make me feel better. |
Jerry Taylor October 5th, 2010 8:41 am |
Hi Ronnie, I just wanted to update this post. Following your advice I immediately filed a bed bug complaint with the RPA. My apartment has been infested with bed bugs for over 3 months and I've been at a loss as to what to do. My landlord wouldn't even respond to my phone calls. He just ignored me. I did corner him one day and asked for help with my bed bug problem. He immediately started to argue and ranted about how he didn't bring in the bed bugs and that I would have to pay the entire cost. Then, I found your post about apartment bed bugs. To be honest, I really didn't expect much to happen, even after filing. But I thought it would be worth the effort. (I really didn't have money to pay for the bed bug treatment) Today– 2 weeks 1 day after filing a complaint with the RPA, my landlord agreed to pay for the entire cost of treatment. I'm going to be honest, it did take some going back and forth before we reached an agreement. Thank you for posting your experience. Because of it, I'm going to be bed bug free too. |
Renter October 7th, 2010 3:29 am |
I filed a complaint too! My landlord has tried to get me to pay $1400 to cover bed bug removal cost. The worse part is that the landlord won't do anything unless I sign a written contract for the bed bug treatment cost. So, during the last 3 weeks the bites and itching have only gotten worse as the infestation continues to grow daily. My complaint is in progress. I just got my case number. I like how simple all of this has been. By the way, if anyone is worried about the filing fee ($35) there is a spot on the complaint form where you can request that the landlord reimburse you for the filing fee. The fee isn't an issue for me, but if it is, you can always try that option. Thanks for the post. |
Ronnie Gustin October 9th, 2010 1:19 am |
According to the RPA, cases are assigned in the order received or if rushed it will be assigned to the next available agent. From my recollection my case was assigned within a day… but now that I think about it, I'm certain I had my case rushed. (I wanted to resolve this problem sooner than later) To answer your question I guess it depends on the number of cases already filed vs the number of available agents. I doubt it will be any longer than a week. Please update us, it would be good to know for others wondering the same thing. The filing fee is the only required fee. You don't need to worry about surprise charges. The upgrades such as: Certified Case, Bonded Copy or Rush are all optional charges, which for me were justified. Let me know if you have any questions. (I will try to respond) Ronnie Gustin |
Ronnie Gustin October 9th, 2010 1:21 am |
Thanks Kim. Glad to help. Can you update us on your complaint? How has your landlord responded? |
Armilio October 8th, 2010 11:48 pm |
I filed a complaint just now. Can someone tell me how long it takes before my case gets assigned to an RPA Agent? I'm anxious to get my landlord to treat my unit for bed bugs. I can't afford to and he says he won't. I paid the $35 filing fee, but can someone tell me if that's it? I can't really afford anything else other than the filing fee. After filing I got my case number right away, then an email copy of my case was sent to me within 5 minutes. (Very helpful) Immediately I was able to pull up a case status page where you can contact the agent, add details to the case, respond or upload files. I just uploaded some pictures of the bed bugs found in my apartment. I actually snapped a few pics from my phone and quickly uploaded them. The whole process is easy to use. I just want to make sure that there aren't any other fees that I need to be surprised by. Hope to get an answer. Thanks! |
Kim October 9th, 2010 9:35 am |
Hi Ronnie, I just saw your question through an email update. My complaint is closed and resolved. I really didn't do anything other than file complaint. Less than a week after fling I got a a professional call from my property manger who did act surprised that I filed a complaint but said not to worry that they have agreed to treat the unit at their cost. I was a little worried that it would cause some contention between me and the manager, but it didn't. He understood my concerns and said he probably would have done the same thing if it were him in that situation. My property manger handled my complaint better than expected. My unit was treated with heat treatment (2 weeks ago) I haven't seen any new bites since. Only people that have had a bed bug frustration can understand the relief of a good nights rest without worry of being eat'n alive. I finally feel like I'm back to my regular self. This bed bug thing was emotionally tolling– but its news past. Thanks Ronnie for making the post. It helped me a ton with my bed bug problem. |
Ronnie Gustin October 9th, 2010 1:10 pm |
Hi Aimee, Actually, there aren't any laws specific to bed bug infestations, that is why it is almost required to get some type of legal help. You can still try to work it out with your landlord without filing a complaint, but the protections and professional help made filing a complaint a better choice than not. Plus, I was told by my law professor that I should file a complaint in order to establish a written paper trail. If you choose to fight this yourself without filing a complaint or hiring an attorney, be prepared to explain to the landlord why he is responsible. Parasites are classified as parasites which require a host to survive. Unlike other pest (cockroaches, spiders, ants) that may distract and annoy you; they don't feed on you. That is one reason why landlords shouldn't roll bed bugs into the same statute as general pest control. Landlords can't really argue that they are providing a habitable living environment when they have a bed bug infested unit. Bed bugs can be cause for constructive eviction due to the breach of implied warranty of habitability. If you feel comfortable dealing with your landlord directly, that is an option; but you may find that the effort is not worth the end result. Like you, that's what I did at first… just to find that my landlord quickly place full responsibility on me rather than agreeing to treat my unit. It was only after my complaint / possible negative public record that my landlord acted fairly. According to Kim (above) she filed without contacting her landlord and saw somewhat fast results. Aimee, its up to you how you want to proceed. Its not a bad idea to talk to your landlord first, but be prepared to file a complaint if your landlord refuses to be fair with you. Please keep us posted on what you do. Ronnie Gustin |
Aimee October 9th, 2010 10:49 am |
Hi All, I just wanted to ask some clarification about landlords responsibility and bed bugs. So, is the landlord legally responsible to treat for bed bugs? If so, is it really necessary to file a complaint? Can't I just reference the legal statute and resolve the problem directly with my landlord without need of filing the formal complaint mentioned here? Please let me know what the law says about landlords responsibility to spray for bed bugs. I just noticed the bed bugs in my apartment about 3 days ago… Now I need to take care of the problem, but first would like to try to contact my landlord first without filing a complaint. Aimee – New Renter with bed bugs |
Aimee October 9th, 2010 7:56 pm |
I just got got off the phone with my landlord. I'm so mad. He was rude and very belittling. He had no concerns about my bed bug problem and even went as far as to say "Sounds like a personal problem, deal with it!" He rambled on telling me that maybe I should be a better house keeper. (Holy crap!! My apartment is always super clean, JERK!!) I actually hung up on him I was so mad! Just saw the response from "Ronnie." I wish I would have seen your post before, but oh well it wouldn't make a difference with my slumlord. I'm filing a complaint right now, I don't have time to play his games. Off to filing my complaint. |
Armilio October 15th, 2010 10:22 am |
Thanks Ronnie! I was waiting to see what happened with my complaint before responding again. It took about 4 days for my case to get assigned to an Agent. Once it was assigned, everything moved quickly. My landlord approached me directly after receiving the complaint. He was fair and willing to resolve the issue. Funny how at first he was hard (blank) about it, then after getting the notice from the RPA he acted so nice and willing to work something out. My landlord agreed to pay for my $35 filing fee and also offered to treat my unit at his cost. I just got it in writing via my case. Things are moving forward and getting resolved. Thanks everyone for sharing. |
Qzxit December 21st, 2010 12:28 pm |
I have lived in this apartment complex for 3 years and had no problems with the land lords, but a few months ago I saw furniture being thrown out behine the building with plastic wrap all around it, and for a few weeks I did notice there |
Myspace January 15th, 2011 6:06 pm |
Hi Ronnie, |
mike February 21st, 2011 3:08 am |
hi, every one, i found it very nice plat form regarding real estate problems, will communicate and share opinion with members onwards. Mike |
kim February 28th, 2011 7:52 am |
Hi Ronnie. My situation is different.. Just moved out of a one bedroom apt that me and my five year old were sharing… so I get the letter from my old apt thinking that is for letting me know of when I'm getting my deposit back… I had a deposit of $1165… It showed that they charged me around $500 for the new carpet( my son spilled a lot of juice i guess).. $25 for the little furniture that they had to throw away which was left.. $60 for like a move out fee… Now this is the best… They charged me $1000 for the bed bug infestation that I contributed to… I'm sorry but I never had any problems.. Plus living with my 5 yr old… I would have known about the infestation… They never said anything to me about it when they came and fumigated all those times… and now that I left for abviously a better apartment complex.. They want to stick me with $1000 for bed bugs… They were supposed to give me back around $490… But no… I have to actually pay them now for bed bugs that I might actually got it from maybe their laundry room that everyone in the complex used.. Help… I feel that they are trying to rob me and my son of my deposit, which they did because now I owe them $510…wtf.. I'm sorry.. i just don't know what to do… |
Inca May 17th, 2011 7:36 pm |
Nikki May 28th, 2011 1:39 am |
Aimee you are not the only one the landlord has told needed to be a better housekeeper. My landlord also told me the same thing when i first told him of the infestation. My apartment may not be immaculate (i have 2 young children) but bedbugs do not prefer 'dirty' living. They will live where ever there are people. It is extremely demeaning to have someone tell you it's your fault because your apartment isn't spotless. The bedbug problem is in almost if not all of the apartments in our building (18 units total) and the landlord isn't doing anything. We reported him to our local office last year because of the problem. We moved in and they were here we found out from neighbors. The office in town got him to spray (he did so only once with the promise to keep it going he hasn't) we paid 25$ extra to him in December 2010 because he said he found a deal with a local exterminator to come spray twice a year for them (that also hasn't happened) I don't know what to do anymore, my husband lost his job and i am a full time student trying to now find a job for the summer, we are pretty far behind on rent now because of lack of income (taxes did help us catch up) my husband asked our landlord today again about the problem and the landlord flat told him he wasn't going to do anything about it!!! This isn't a problem we caused we were unfortunate and moved into it and the landlord knew about the problem before we did, and he said nothing to us. I don't know what to do anymore, my children ages 2.5 and one year wake up every morning with so many bites on them it is ridiculous. Our youngest even will wake up in the middle of the night because of them biting. I too wake up because i can feel them biting me, most people don't feel them but they are painful to me. I would like some help with this. |
Dayna June 6th, 2011 12:48 pm |
The last time I visited my cousins in Connecticut, they had bed bugs. Not fun. She eventually had to change to whole bed! |
Worried July 26th, 2011 3:48 pm |
We got bed bug problem and reported it to the Apt management. |
Tommy Kilpatrick July 27th, 2011 12:21 am |
Hi all I have filed a complaint on here against Aids alabama they are refusing to treat my home and it is even under hud. They have sent me an email even before they got the complaint that they will give in and pay to treat them. They told me I had to move out while they treat the bugs though. I have no car and no where to go. I am trying to fix this as the place that is going to treat the house called cooks says i only need to be gone for 4 hrs after each treatment. Did yall have to move out? since they have made me move out I have had power turned off etc and it will cost me 190.00 to turn it back on. I found the bed bugs around the 10th or so of july and i am still homelss went in the house today only to find they have done nothing at all. I sure hope this site works for me going to try to get the 35.00 and the 19.00 back and 190.00 for power and I think my rent for july since i have not been in the house needs to be put towards my aug rent????????? |
Anna September 26th, 2011 7:20 pm |
Hi, It is a two family house so I will call the first floor tenant tomorrow to make sure there is no issues with his unit. But if the first floor unit is perfectly fine, does Jim still need to pay for the bed bug treatment for the second floor? I don't know much about the laws, but it seems quite unfair to me if Jim has to pay for bed bug treatments for a tenant who might have brought it in the house in the first place. Any suggestions would be very help! |
bedbugs October 17th, 2011 11:14 pm |
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Reenie December 1st, 2011 10:16 am |
Who is the RPA? I have not gotten the bed bugs, but I live in an apartment complex where I know postitively that five apartments have bed bugs, and one apartment that is infested they cannot go in for 30 days, because the person died in the apartment. So please who is the RPA, and do ypu have any other advice. Thank you for the information. |
Maleaha B December 4th, 2011 5:42 pm |
I just resently found out that our building is infested with bed bugs, the only reason i found out is do to the bites i was waking up with and finally went to our aprtment management. They informed me that there was mulitple units that were completely infested. They paid for someone to come out and spray, told me that we caught it early and very few were found but again a week after the spray i am getting bit again. Everytime i look i find nothing, im not sure what to do at this point. I feel with the building being so infested this is going to be a ongoing situation. I spent $300 on bed bug mattress protectors and i can only hope this will help my situation but i still worry about my furniture and the baseboards where they can still live. Im also affraid to move out and bring them to my new living place.NOt sure what my rights are and what to do about my apartment.. |
Charli December 5th, 2011 8:37 pm |
A couple months ago I was being bitten and of course i thought it was mosquitos, then discovered the bed bugs, called and informed my landlord, she sent over a PCO, he inspected the apartment, sprayed some, i washed and dried all my laundry, told to wait two weeks and if i was still getting bitten to then call back, well today I just got a letter in the mail from the mgmt company asking that I reimburse them for the PCO treatment along with a copy of the lease i signed saying that the lanlord is not resposible for pest control due to tenant negligence. I do not believe I was negligent, but i am still confused as too if because the lease states this, that now i am responsible for the charges….Is there anyone who can possible clarify this for me? mind you when the lanlord contracted the pco she did not advise me of having to incur the charges ( so basically i had no choice in who or what in contracting the PCO)…need help asap>>>appreciate any response…. |
WantToMove December 9th, 2011 6:00 am |
Hi Ronnie, |
gloria January 13th, 2012 4:37 pm |
Hi ! I live and work in a motel/hotel they have studios and one bedrooms they charge nightly, and weekly i have a one bedroom and i pay rent every two weeks cause thats when i get paid my room is infested with bed bugs along with alot of other rooms here and how i know is cause iam the cleaning maid. i put bugs in a jar took them to the office and manager said oh well you need to through the bed etc away. so i did i ask if their going to do anything call some one out they said no ! so i told them that i was going to buy my son a new bed etc and take it out of my rent. and i recently talked to the owners about it and nothing they arent going to do anything. and for that i dont feel i should have to pay my rent. they are now threatning me with getting fired if i dont |
Sara February 20th, 2012 11:23 am |
Hi Ronnie, Can you help me on a situation exactly same as yours? Can I email you?sorry I am kindda frustrated and don't know anybody in this town. |
jessica April 18th, 2012 7:10 pm |
Hi, im in michigan and i thought there was a law that if another tenet (my neighbor) has bed bugs that the landlords are by law supposed to tell the other tenets because the infestation can move up, down, left, right (that was my understanding) i live in number 4, my good friends in number 2 (very clean ppl) moved out abruptly finding our about the bed bugs, and my friend told me, the landlord was here this morning after i heard of her discovery i asked her whats up with so and so, she said "oh nothing", i was furious, so i did a deep clean of my entire apartment and did not find anything, but our couch and bed are all dark and i have bad eyes, so tomorrow i have orkin coming to look for me…. recap is the landlords jobs to advise the other tenets of the infestation??? |
MENDOZA May 29th, 2012 11:41 am |
My question is: what will filing a report do, if my landlord is not registered with RPA? |
Meg June 9th, 2012 6:24 pm |
Is the rental company also responsible for the treatment of clothing? Someone in my building spread bed bugs by leaving invested furniture on their back porch and we were not informed there was an investigation . Help?! |
tracey June 14th, 2012 8:55 pm |
My apt is effected with bed bugs and i have been living in the same complex from past 5 years and recently i moved to different apt on the same complex. after 3 Monts i noticed bed bugs and My land Lord is asking me to pay the fees for the treatment. as per them i have signed a letter saying that i will be responcible for such things. can you please give me advise? is this really legal to pay? since i don't have any bugs in my previous apt on the same complex and with new apt it was impacted, it means they gave apt with the bugs. I will need your advise. |
joanaf July 11th, 2012 7:51 pm |
I found a lonely bed bug on my kitchen floor, he seemed lost and lonely, i get really bad reactions and i dont have anything on me yet which leads me to believe that that guy was lost or that it's just the begging. I contacted the condo office and got a letter today saying that on Tuesday the guys will be in there treating the apartment and -HERE'S THE PROBLEM- I HAVE TO WASH ALL MY CLOTHES & THEY HAVE TO BE IN PLASTIC BAGS THROUGHOUT THE TREATMENT & they're not coming once, they're coming for 3 Tuesdays one week apart. I'm Furious because I didnt contribute to this problem and they want me to wash my clothes (probably +15 cycles) and have my house be a complete mess for almost a month. So, my question is, do I have any right to make them pay for the wash and probably a folding service too? How about a discount on the rent for the month? I'm thankful that they're paying for the treatment but since i had NOTHING to do with this and there were already rumors about there already being a bed bug problem in the condo. Thanks guys. |
Heather July 31st, 2012 1:55 pm |
Question: I have moved into an apartment that is infested with bed bugs. They have been bombing and spraying for the past four months. Even though they are taking care of the problem by spring and bombing every time I tell them I have bed bugs, do I have to pay rent? I can't unpack or sleep in my apartment because of the bed bugs, so why would I pay to "live" here? How do I get help to break my lease? |
frustrated August 27th, 2012 12:09 am |
Im finding this post very helpful, but I have an additional question, I just moved in my apartment two weeks ago less than a week ago I began getting bit up within a few days I had over 100 bites all over me, anyway I notified my landlord right away they took three days to get it inspected by a pest control they contract with and claiming the inspection shows no bugs. I went away for four days being careful to not take any hitchhikers with me by follow the advice of orkin and also sealed my car in the hot weather for two days my bites started healing with no new ones til I came back home and its starting all over again. What can I do now when my landlord is refusing to do anything else? |
Free Spirit September 16th, 2012 3:50 am |
OMW!! Thank You!! |
Tired of no tenant rights in Maine October 17th, 2012 2:59 pm |
Thanks, that was a fantastic post! Sadly many landlords just plain don't care. If it's not their home they are living in and as long as they are collecting rent, that's all that matters. |
Rachael October 30th, 2012 1:56 am |
I recently have moved into a apartment and by recent I mean 3 months. I do not own much besides a bed,computer desk,and entertainment center. I have had a number of complaints since I moved in including a bathroom renovation because my tub was leaking and sinking into the downstairs apartment it had taken my apartment complex 4 weeks to fix this issue and by the way there still not done. My husband has lost a week worth of work because he works from home. 4 days we noticed red dots and almost like hives on our body"s after research I came home and tore our bed apart to find bedbugs. We have cleaned the carpets and went and reported the issue to our apartment and of course there saying it's our fault and we have to cover the cost of the pest control. If I file with RPA do I run the risk of being evicted? This problem did not happen until they started there renovation which there denying saying they highly don't believe they came from the walls. Please help me. |
shawn December 14th, 2012 7:39 am |
You provide me good solution to fight with bed bugs, i was facing bugs problems too much. Now i will use your methods and it will be great relief for me. |
Pat kumar December 17th, 2012 4:26 pm |
Hi Ronnie, |
Annabela May 3rd, 2013 7:38 pm |
Hi Ronnie, My landlord is saying that since I signed the Bed Bug Addendum that I have full responsibility to pay the expense. Do I have any grounds to fight the addendum that I signed? Thank you so much. |
T.H. May 10th, 2013 3:50 pm |
Filed a complaint about landlord saying they will charge us for the treatment, but they still forced me to do the treatment because in the lease it says tenant needs to comply with the landlords arrangement for bed bug treatment. If we don't allow them to treat the apartment, they will terminate the lease (which is evicting us). So we had no choice but to let them treat it and thinking we could argue on who pays the expenses. Well they are not backing down and they just responded here saying that we are responsible for these expenses. If they could just respond back with that and force us to pay then what is the point for us to file a complaint here? Does it hurt their image when ever complaint is filed or does it just not do anything? |
kathy b August 13th, 2013 11:20 am |
I ended up paying $ 500 for the treatment of bedbugs in my unit and my complaint with the RPA had no effects on my landlord. Don't bother paying for the filing fees because RPA doesn't negotiate or even talk to your landlord. You do all the work by yourself. This so called mediator doesn't exist. All the RPA does is send whatever you wrote in you complaint center to landlord. I tried calling them for help but all they tell you is that they can'y do anything to help you. Don't bother paying for no help. You can file a FREE complaint with your local BBB office and they are way more effective pressure wise on landlord especially in my case because my landlord was BBB accredited. I am waiting now for my local BBB agent response about refunding me the money of the treatment. I can call or email my BBB agent but RPA agent are out of reach or maybe they don't exist because I couldn't reach one of them. What a waste of my money |
Eddie August 23rd, 2013 1:41 am |
Hi Ronnie, Thank you for the advice. My fiance' found your posting and we read your advice, and I have to say if I had not heard about your story I would have never know about the right we have as renters. We've had bed bugs for a little over a year now, and we at first thought they were mosquitoes or fleas. We have a bug man who comes monthly and by what ive read on here about the bed bugs it makes since now why they haven't gone away. He's been spraying chemicals and they have just been getting worse. my whole family has been scarred by these little pests and when the landlord found out they said it was our fault and our responsibility to comply with the bug man who is really not helping, he hasn't even come this month. We have replaced all our beds/beddings, and bought a steamer under his suggestion to try everything to get rid of them. We have been cooperative with them and they have not been with us and we've been afraid they were going to kick us out over this. We even have bed bug covers over our beds and still getting bit. we have filed a complaint and are waiting to hear what's going to happen. We have spent over $5000 replacing our furniture and it seems like it was for nothing now because we are still battling them. Now we are curious about the others in the complex that had to do the same because we were all told to keep it confidencial, as they said it was under the privacy act to keep it to ourselves. My questions are will the RPA contact us or the landlord, and what will happen if they do not respond, also will we be able to get reimbursed for the money we spent replacing our furniture? |
Jessica M. September 5th, 2013 5:25 pm |
I live in an apartment complex on a 2nd floor apartment. The apartment was infested before we moved in because the first night I stayed there, we still had not moved any of our belongings or furniture in and I was eaten alive in my sleep! The next day, all of our BRAND NEW FURNITURE that we spent thousands of dollars on was delivered and set up. I notified the leasing office of my bedbug issue immediately. They came out and exterminated the apartment with 3 separate treatments in a 3 week timespan. I considered the problem as resolved until about a month later, I was waking up with bites again. I notified them yet again, they did the extermination a second time. We are now 6 months into our 12 month lease and I am having the issue yet again. I honestly think the issue is coming from the surrounding apartments that keeps allowing the infestation to come back to me. I don't know what to do because now all of my new furniture is still infested! I requested to be moved to another building AFTER they do a third extermination and they do not have anything else available. Are they responsible for replacing all of our infested furniture if the problem still exists once our lease is over? PLEASE HELP because I don't know what to do!!!???? |
MikceyMarrino September 9th, 2013 1:41 am |
How do I review my published comments on my bed bug situation which I have expressed here? |
MikceyMarrino September 9th, 2013 2:01 am |
Ronnie or anyone here, I just wanted to ask something. I filed a complaint about my bed bug problem this past Friday on 09/06/2013. How come I never received an email confirmation from them about my complaint report like I was supposed to? I gave them my correct email address. I'm just wondering what good this will do of me filing a complaint. Does a mediator contact me via email and lets me know what's happening with my case? Do you know Ronnie? I'm just feeling a little skeptical as to why I haven't received an email confirmation regarding my case number. Have any of you who are having bed bug problems just as I am ever thought about contacting the board of health in your area? That's what I'm going to do exactly if my problem does not get solved with the RPA. I'm also going to contact HUD my case manager for this situation as well. All I know is that in the State of Florida Landlords are required for the cost of treatment of bed bugs when they are renting apartments. Any feedback to me would be extremely helpful. Anyone I would appreciate your feedback. |
Mush September 13th, 2013 2:28 pm |
Hi Ronnie, I am the first tenant of this apartment and have been living in it since last year november. I bought all the stuff brand new when i moved in. Last night I found a bed bug and called in the apartment administration guys. In my absence they brought and got it reviewed. Now they say that official has said my bed room is infested with bugs ( even though i checked the entire room and see no signs ) now they ask me to throw away my bed and ask me to pay for the charges. Am I still applicable to file this complaint at RPA |
gee October 5th, 2013 12:26 am |
Bed bugs inside a home is a serious matter! If you have an extra sensitive skin and become the poor victim of these nasty bed bugs, chances are you will suffer longer since sensitive skins can actually become more prone to complicated skin infections/conditions. If you have a landlord that has an open ears and eyes to hear and see your situation, then good! But if your landlord is no way of being cooperative to helping you rid out of all these bed bugs in your rented home, then RPA can always help you file a complaint for a very low fee of $35. Imagine the cost of buying all these medical topical ointments to cure your bed bugs bite and worse, imagine yourself paying for all these people to help you rid out of these "unwanted guests" on your home. So rather become broke on spending with all these things, seek help directly from RPA and get your problem solved and come back to your neat and uninfested home. |
Jose Abril April 29th, 2014 11:27 pm |
Interesting blog! Great job Thank you! |
nani May 3rd, 2014 11:09 am |
Just filed my complaint a couple of days ago.. not sure of what to expect.. Hopefully everything works out.. |
Dolores September 22nd, 2014 2:00 pm |
Yes I know the how the bedbugs can make you feel how creped out. and they treated my apartment twice and guess what there back and now the landlord is trying to make me feel like it's my responsibility I lived in this building for 18 years and had my carpet changed once. |
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