StopPests IPM in Multifamily Housing Blog

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 →

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 →

Webinar Recording is Online: Developing a Pest Exclusion Program for Cockroaches and Rodents

You can view the recorded webinar Developing a Pest Exclusion Program for Cockroaches and Rodents with Dr. Matt Frye here: http://stoppests.org/go/exclusion Housing staff can now view this on-line training to learn about a vital part of any IPM program: exclusion. Keeping pests out of buildings is a priority in effectively addressing any pest infestation but rodents and cockroaches in particular. Read more →

Tracking Powders in Rodent Management: A Cautionary Tale

A group of rodenticides that are not well understood and therefore frequently misused are tracking powders. An unfortunate trend observed is the over-reliance, overuse and misuse of tracking powders to address rodent problems. 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 →

StopPests Webinar with Bobby Corrigan - Tools For Eliminating Mice - Recording is Online

Eliminating mice in multifamily housing can be a daunting task, like "bailing out the ocean with a teaspoon" but it doesn't have to be if you have the right tools and approach. Listening to Dr. Bobby Corrigan in the StopPests webinar "Tools for Eliminating Mice in Multifamily Housing" can give... Read more →

Free On-Line Training: Tools for Eliminating Mice in Multifamily Housing

StopPests Webinar December 14th, 2017 2:00pm-4:00pm (EST) All too often, mouse infestations in multifamily housing complexes persist for many years with histories of sporadic outbreaks followed by temporary quick fixes using glue boards, snap traps and baiting efforts. Unfortunately, these "traditional" efforts tend to merely address a monthly complaint list... Read more →

What Can We Do About Persistent Mouse Infestations in Multifamily Housing?

I recently had the opportunity to work with acclaimed rodentologist, Dr. Robert Corrigan, and learn about a particular tough type of mouse infestation found in multifamily housing, the “resident” mouse or “appliance” mouse. These are mice that live and breed within individual apartments or residences. Even when building maintenance staff... Read more →

Rodenticides How do they fit into your IPM program?

This post originally appeared in the Stop School Pests: IPM in Schools newsletter posted on January 26th by Janet Hurley at Texas A&M University By Janet Hurley, Extension Program Specialist III Click here for original article in Stop School Pests: IPM in Schools newsletter Rodent control is a multi-layer process... Read more →

The Tale of NYC Rats, Fleas and the Plague; Just How Worried Should We Be?

Following the media hype that sparked earlier this month from two recent studies about 1) NYC rats, their external parasites (lice, mites, fleas), and associated diseases, and 2) germs of the City’s subway system, one can only wonder: just how worried should we be? and, what does it all mean for us? Read more →