{"id":5498,"date":"2016-03-26T09:40:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T13:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/uncategorized\/bed-bugs-information-for-home-owners-tenants.php"},"modified":"2016-03-26T09:40:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T13:40:11","slug":"bed-bugs-information-for-home-owners-tenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/nyc-bed-bugs\/bed-bugs-information-for-home-owners-tenants.php","title":{"rendered":"Bed Bugs &#8211; Information for Home Owners &amp; Tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>          Bed bugs can enter homes by          latching onto used furniture, luggage and clothing, and          by traveling along connecting pipes and wiring. The          resources          on this page can help home owners, renters,and          tenants prevent bed bug infestations and safely control          them when they occur.        <\/p>\n<p>          Right to a bed bug free          environment: For tenants in New York, the right          to a bedbug-free environment is included in New York          City's           Housing and Maintenance Code, Subchapter 2, Article          4, which specifically names bedbugs in the list of          insects the landlord is legally obligated to          eradicate.        <\/p>\n<p>          The New York City Department of          Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) lists bedbugs          as a Class B violation, which means that they are          considered hazardous and that the landlord has 30 days to          correct the problem. The landlord must eradicate the          infestation and keep the affected units from getting          reinfested. Learn more by reading the           Metropolitan Council on Housing Fact Sheet on Bed          Bugs.        <\/p>\n<p>          Notice of Bed Bug          Infestation History:           New York City Administrative Code  27-2018.1, which          the Governor signed into law on August 31, 2010, mandates          that new residential tenants in New York City be given a          one-year bed bug infestation history. All State          supervised rental and mutual housing companies in New          York City are required to provide new residential tenants          with a completed copy of this notice, which is also          available on           the agency's website. Learn more by visitingthe                    Metropolitan Council on Housingpage on Bed          Bugs.        <\/p>\n<p>          If a landlord fails to          disclose bed bug history: Tenants can use the          form          DBB-N Tenants Complaint of Owners Failure to Disclose          Bed Bug Infestation History\/Notice and Order:          Tenants have to call 1-866-275-3427 or call\/visit one of          the           borough offices to request a copy of the form; the          form will be mailed to the tenants address.        <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/doh\/bedbugs\/html\/info\/owners_tenants.shtml\" title=\"Bed Bugs - Information for Home Owners &amp; Tenants\" class=\"broken_link\">Bed Bugs - Information for Home Owners &amp; Tenants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Bed bugs can enter homes by latching onto used furniture, luggage and clothing, and by traveling along connecting pipes and wiring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedbugpestcontrol.com\/nyc-registry\/new-york-city-bed-bug-registry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}