Hpd Bed Bug Filing

A bedbug is a small, brownish insect that’s about 4-5 mm long. A bed bug feeds on human blood at night and hides nearby during daytime. These pests are not known to spread diseases but their presence may cause skin rashes, psychological problems and can be allergic to some people.

Hpd Bed Bug Filing

Preventing and Getting Rid of Bed Bug Infestations

Property owners are required to address bed bug infestations promptly. The surest strategies to keep bed bugs from spreading are prevention, early detection, and rapid treatment.

Property Owners

The Housing Maintenance Code and Health Code both require that property owners address infestations promptly.

The surest strategies to keep bed bugs from spreading are prevention, early detection, and rapid treatment. To learn more, see the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Preventing and Getting Rid of Bedbugs Safely guide.

Bed bug infestations usually require the services of well-trained, licensed pest management professionals, also called exterminators. New York State law requires that property owners hire only pest control professionals licensed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to treat apartments for bed bugs. The pest control professional should perform an inspection to confirm the presence of bed bugs and to eliminate bed bugs, if necessary. Property owners are expected to make follow-up visits to ensure that there are no signs of a bed bug infestation.

 

Property owners of rental residential properties are now required to file a Bed Bug Annual Report. See the Bed Bug Annual Report Requirement section of this webpage for the additional requirements. Once the Bed Bug Annual Report has been filed, the property owner is required to either provide the filing receipt to each tenant (upon commencement of a new lease and with each lease renewal) OR post the filing receipt in a prominent location in the building. In addition, the property owner must either distribute to each tenant or post the DOHMH Preventing and Getting Rid of Bedbugs Safely guide, which provides information on the prevention, detection, and removal of bedbugs.

Local Law 69 of 2017 requires that all multiple dwelling property owners must attempt to obtain the bed bug infestation history from the tenant or unit owner, including whether eradication measures were employed for a bedbug infestation.

Complete your Annual Bed Bug Report. Pursuant to the law, HPD will make the submitted information publicly available through HPDONLINE.

The online application will only allow validly registered property owners and managing agents of multiple dwellings to disclose bedbug infestation history. A building’s property registration must be current. If you have not registered your property, please do so by visiting Property Registration.

Property owners will be required to file annually between December 1 and December 31 for the previous year from November 1 through October 31.

Property owners will be required to report the following information:

1. The number of dwelling units;
2. The number of dwelling units, as reported or otherwise known to the owner, than had a bedbug infestation during the previous year;
3. The number of dwelling units, as reported or otherwise known to the owner, in which eradication measure were employed during the previous year for a bedbug infestation;
4. The number of dwelling units reported in number 3 that had a bedbug infestation after such eradication measure were employed in such units.

When submitting, the owner will certify that either:

• A copy of the most electronic form will be distributed to each tenant of the building upon each lease renewal or the commencement of a new lease issued; or
• A copy of such form will be posted in a prominent location within the building within 60 days of the filing and that the owner will maintain a record that a copy of such form was prominently posted within 60 days of the filing of the information with HPD.

Once the Bed Bug Annual Report has been filed, the property owner is required to either provide the filing receipt to each tenant (upon commencement of a new lease and with each lease renewal) OR post the filing receipt in a prominent location in the building. In addition, the property owner must either distribute to each tenant or post the DOHMH Preventing and Getting Rid of Bedbugs Safely guide, which provides information on the prevention, detection, and removal of bedbugs.

Please note that New York State law requires property owners to disclose bedbug infestation history dating back one year to new tenants through the Bedbug Disclosure Form. For more information, visit the NYS Homes and Community Renewal website.

Violations

If the HPD inspector finds bedbugs, the property owner is issued an HPD Notice of Violation (NOV) ordering that the condition be addressed. When a NOV is issued by HPD, the property owner also receives a DOHMH Order of the Commissioner. The Commissioner’s order provides property owners more detail on the requirements for addressing bedbugs, including:

1. Inspect the apartment(s) cited for bedbugs.
2. If you find a bedbug infestation in the apartment(s), inspect all units adjacent to, above and below the infested units, as well as all common areas; and retain the services of a pest management professional certified and registered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to take all measures necessary to remove bedbug infestation where found.
3. Keep a record of all actions taken in compliance with the Order.

Hpd Bed Bug Filing

Bed bugs are a huge problem in cities across the U.S. because they are difficult to treat, difficult to remove, and they tend to generate a lot of heat when they’re eradicated — the people who get them usually have them for a long time. We’ll walk through how the complaint process works, step-by-step, so you know what’s coming next at every point in the process. The City of New York and I have a love-hate relationship to put it mildly. The modern renaissance of New York began with the election of Mayor Bloomberg who brought unprecedented economic growth, critical infrastructure investment, and a sharp rise in city population. As has been the case throughout history, the confluence of prosperity, population density and the momentary lack of sufficient oversight led to many horrors being perpetrated in private homes by landlords, building owners and their employees. Hpd Bed Bug Filing being imposed on homes suspected of being infested.

List Of Hpd Bed Bug Filing