bed bugs in entire building

By joseph campo

we complained about bedbugs,called the building code complaince officer and requested to a file a complaint…..she refused stated she has the entire town to do……..i told her we were contacting the rental protection agency then …that same night we got a 5 day notice to vacate and terminstion of our lease due to having a dog we dont have and never did…..we were suposed to leave today and the landlord said he would give our security deposit back if we quietly well we decided to stay since my daughter has school here with just a few months left and we did nothing wrong but comlain about bed bugs and when i was talking to the carol at the builing code complaince in wheaton she said its going to be very hard for u to prove he retaliated against  you but she said she called and told what was going on why she did that is beyond me she should be on our side here.  phone records will prove that she called and later that night we were hit with the 5 day notice……the owneralso said we movedin after my fiance moved in..not true……my daughter has gone to this school from day one and i was unable to be listed on the lease due to my lack of income so they would list my fiance on there…..but the manager of the buislind walked us right over tothe school which is on the pta at lowell elementary school……….i guess he wasnt supposed to rent a one bedroom with 3 ppl….but he did, we all moved in on the sameday. 

As soon as i found out we hadbedbugs i then asked the neigbors if they do too……..come tofind out the entirebuildingis infested with not onlybed bugsbut roaches too….my daughter was senthomefrom school with a rashthat was not a rash it was bed bug bites.
Both management and owner ignored us telling us we brought them in……… no we did not….there are complaints online from several years ago about bed bugs in this building…..we had to get rid lots of furniture and see other ppl are losing there items due to this.
what can we do since he is taking us to court and terminated our lease for wrong reasons?
The owner said he came inhere and saw a dog…….bull crap he did, there was never a dog here only a cat.
They also called the police on me and told i can not knock on neighbors doors for any reason and i cannot contact management or he will file harassment charges.
We need to know if we file a complaint how soon can someone come out to investigate……..we have pictures of them crawling out of our walls and dead bed bugs we saved in a jar  that were caught using tape.

Edited on: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 9:58 am

One Response to “bed bugs in entire building”

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I have problems too

June 30th, 2012 9:26 pm

I’m interested in hearing the outcome of your situation. I currently have a bed bug problem. My landlord was slow to address this issue. Through conversations with my neighbors, I learned other rooms have been faced with similar, and more severe problems. I’m preparing to round up the neighbors and lead efforts to file a complaint.


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