StopPests IPM in Multifamily Housing Blog

IPM Toolkit: New Resource to Hire, Assess, and Improve Pest Management in Affordable Housing

A new resource from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides guidance to multifamily housing managers, owners and procurement specialists in implementing a new IPM programs, hiring contractors, and assessing and improving existing pest management programs. The guide Massachusetts Integrated Pest Management Toolkit includes a self-assessment checklist and resources on... Read more →

New Resident Briefing Video

StopPests published a 14-minute video for residents of multifamily housing to introduce them to pests and IPM in their homes. The short video can be shown to residents at lease-signing. It covers the primary pests of housing: cockroaches, bed bugs and rodents, the health concerns associated with pests and pesticides, and the resident's role in preventing, controlling and reporting pests in their home. Read more →

Philadelphia’s Bed Bug Bill

Philadelphians may finally be able to get some sleep at night, now that the long-awaited “Bed Bug Bill” went into effect on January 1, 2021. Though experts warn not to get too cozy, as enforcement may prove difficult and the current bill is likely too focused on landlord-tenant issues to be effective in controlling bed bugs city-wide. Read more →

What’s Worse? COVID-19 or Bed Bugs? COVID, of Course!

Weighing the relative risks presented by bed bugs and COVID-19, it’s clear that the public health risk of evicting someone during a pandemic far outweighs the effort needed to address bed bug infestations. Eviction increases the risk of spreading bed bugs and, potentially, the virus. Read more →

Pest Control Operations and Social Distancing in Multi-Family Housing During the COVID-19/Coronavirus Outbreak

There have been concerns expressed about pest control visits in public housing and what should be considered essential and non-essential. Below are a set of general guidelines to help make choices about your pest control service. These guidelines relate to housing sites with in-house pest management staff, but they can be applied to contracted service as well. Also below are related recommendations for engaging with your pest control contractor, along with some resources from HUD and the CDC that will give you more guidance on policies, procedures, and disinfecting. Read more →

StopPests Webinar Nov. 14th: Integrated Pest Management—A Simple Solution to Problem Pests in Elderly and Disabled Public Housing

Free webinar, November 14th: Integrated Pest Management—A Simple Solution to Problem Pests in Elderly and Disabled Public Housing. Join us to hear how researchers from University of Arizona significantly reduced units with bed bugs and cockroaches in senior and disabled housing when they implemented an IPM program in these buildings. Learn how you too can apply this method of pest control. Read more →

Watch the Recording of Rick Cooper's Presentation "Turning Failure into Success: Bed Bug Management in Affordable Housing"

Watch the recording of Rick Cooper's presentation "Turning Failure into Success: Bed Bug Management in Affordable Housing" and learn how bed bugs are successfully controlled with examples of assessment-based management plans. Read more →

StopPests Webinar Series

StopPests is offering three free webinars on IPM in affordable housing, covering bed bugs, cockroaches, and rodents. See the descriptions and the registration links below. Although housing professionals are the target audience for these presentations, we invite pest management professionals and anyone whose work and life is impacted by pests... Read more →

Bed-bug-infested furniture: Deface, defile or deconstruct?*

*this article was first published in Pest Management Professional Magazine and was written by Dr. Mark Sheperdigian. It is published here with permission from the author and publisher. The original article can be found here: Bed-bug-infested furniture: Deface, defile or deconstruct? Too often, infested furniture is merely discarded. Discarded furniture... Read more →

Taking a Bite out of the Holidays: Bed Bug Central's Holiday Charity Matches PMPs with People in Need

Do you know anyone who needs bed bug treatment but can't afford it? Taking the Bite Out of the Holidays, which started in 2009, is a charitable program sponsored by BedBug Central that offers free bed bug services to those in need who are suffering from bed bug infestations and... Read more →