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 →

Wild in the Streets

In this piece, our favorite guest blogger, Gil Bloom, cautions us as cities open back up with outdoor dining, to consider the pest friendly environment we're creating. Gil writes "IPM is by nature proactive and pest exclusion is one of the first measures. But in these pest positive environs sometimes we need to go a bit further and engage the enemy at the gates or even beyond." Read more →

Reducing Pest Infestations in Multifamily Housing

Join the Northeastern IPM Center’s StopPests in Housing Program on May 6th, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3  p.m. Eastern for a webinar on using integrated pest management (IPM) strategies to manage two of the most troublesome and notorious pests of multifamily housing: cockroaches and mice. 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 →

COVID and the Inadvertent Rise of the American Roach

American Roaches are moving in. While common to the summer sidewalks of NYC they are fast becoming yet another unexpected result of COVID. Gil Bloom, ACE, Standard Pest, shares what can we do to prevent these cockroaches from taking up permanent residence in our buildings with IPM. 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 →

Understanding Effective Pest Management Techniques for Cockroaches in Multifamily Housing

Understanding integrated pest management (IPM) techniques for cockroach control can help property managers to ensure effective pest management service is provided by their pest control contractor. This blog post describes the essential tools for effective cockroach control in multifamily housing including monitoring, record keeping, and baits. 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 →