I moved into an apartment in Boston one month ago.  About a week and a half ago, I found a bed bug after experiencing several bites all over my body.  I contacted our onsite management contact, and he told me that the two apartments below us have had a bed bug problem for several months.  [...]

I had to get treatment for bed bugs in my apartment.  The apartment complex informed us that the cost for this service would be $450.  They stated that the cost for this service was stated in our lease.  I have not had a chance to look at the lease at this time so I have [...]

I have been a renter in this 6 story Manhattan building happily for 30 years. Considered a model tenant: clean, nonproblematic and always on time with rent, I was surprised when a 6-7 year female tenant on the 6th floor in May complained that she’d been invaded with bed bugs. The landlord gave a few [...]

Long story short I am disputing with my landlord on a bed bug infestation.  Although they are covering the expenses for exterminating I have written confirmation from my landlord that my former neighbor complained of bed bugs as they moved out and she did nothing.  Next my current neighbor claimed to have bed bugs and [...]

Hi, It seems that you have dealt with many bedbug issues.  I am having a similar problem as many others.  I was the main contact for a large house with 6 bedrooms.  My boyfriend and I were the main names on the lease with agreement that we would rent out the other rooms to cover [...]

I am renting a house in San Jose and until recently have had a great relationship with my landlord who lives in another state. Recently upon my return from a week vacation, my neighbor comes by and says to me “thanks for letting us use the freezer in your cellar, we had a bed bug [...]

Under my “tenant agrees to” portion says that I will agree to: To cooperate with Landlord in keeping unit free of rodents and other pests. To permit entry and spraying (or other measures required for pest control) by Landlord or pest control company. Now here’s the situation. I called letting them know I found bed [...]

I am about 3 months into a 2 year lease and found bed bugs about a month and a half ago at the condo I’m renting. The owner claims that the bed bugs were not there before we came, but we did not have bed bugs before we moved in so I think its difficult if not impossible to [...]

I have been living in this apartment for 5 months now and during this last month or so I have been getting bit by bed bugs. The landlord says there was never a problem with bed bugs before i moved in, however all the furniture i bought has been in the apartment since i moved [...]

Who is responsible for the extermination of bed bugs in an apartment dwelling in Rhode Island.  The landloard or the tenant?