3 Responses

1. Landlord

   October 11th, 2009 at 8:41 am

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   I am in CA.

   We can demand clean, but not how to arrive at that. Nor does the landlord have any authority to determine what kind of furniture a resident would have, how they cover it etc.

   The whole thing is weird, as bed bugs are personal parasites, I do not think any judge would allow an eviction.

2. Ranger4402

   October 11th, 2009 at 8:41 am

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   This is overkill. Bed bugs were largely wiped out in the U.S. when DDT was widely used. People bring them in from overseas travel to 3rd world countries. They typically leave them in hotels and motels. If a place is bed bug free then it won’t get them unless someone brings them in and introduces them to the apartment community.

   If they want to prevent beg bugs then they should ban overseas guests, overseas travel, and hotel stays.

3. chatsplas

   October 11th, 2009 at 8:41 am

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   If this is given to tenants and signed at same time as lease, YES.
   Cannot be imposed at other times, as a part of lease with requirement of signature or eviction. The lease is a valid and binding agreement which can be modified ONLY by agreement of all parties to it. One side may not require the other to sign an addendum. One side may NOT evict the other for failure to sign an addendum.
   Many leases say LL may impose reasonable rules and regulations at any time. Many would say some of these go beyond what is reasonable.

   Yes, bedbugs were largely wiped out with DDT, but have been making a comeback and are VERY difficult to eradicate. I’d guess there are some in mom’s building and LL is trying to prevent them getting entrenched. And they are not from "foreigners" in most cases.