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Gardner health staff to condemn unit as bed-bug outbreak spreads in Hayward Building
Summary
Residents described repeated displacement and high costs from a multi-unit bed-bug infestation at the Hayward Building. Health staff said the new pest-control contractor found eight affected units, a unit will be condemned and the owner will house the occupant for a minimum of three nights while treatment proceeds.
Betty Correier, a resident of 61 Lake Street in the Hayward Building, told the Gardner Board of Health on Oct. 27 that the apartment complex has suffered a multi-year bed-bug infestation that continues to displace residents.
"Our problem is bed bugs at the building," Correier said, adding that a 75-year-old tenant had to pack up her apartment four times and that used furniture brought into a common room appeared to worsen the problem. Correier criticized communications and the timing of treatments, saying the laundry room remained open after notice and that some residents resisted entry for inspections.
Acting Public Health Director (name not specified) told the board the department’s most recent…
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