Submitted by "itchy" on 11/09/2008

November 4, 2008 found and reported bed bugs in my unit on the 12th floor. Treatment scheduled for November 12, 2008. After telling my next-door neighbor about this, discovered that she too is infested. Also met up with two women in the laundry room who report infestation in their twelfth floor apartment as well.

Submitted by "tenant x" on 09/29/2008

This publicly funded high rise apartment building has been struggling with a severe bed bug infestation for at least two years now. It has been the subject of both televised and print media reports (W5, Toronto Star, etc.). Up until earlier this year it was a "mixed" building, housing both market rental and subsidized units. In May of this year it became exclusively managed by local government. They struggle with funding deficits and have already done a fair bit to turn around the previous "band-aid" approach to repair and maintenance, but we're still a long way to an integrated approach to the management and control of this problem.
Last week I approached the exterminator in the hall (they are regularly here on a weekly basis) and asked if he thought the problem would be controlled soon. He said that he couldn't imagine that happening until the very, very distant future, that this was without a doubt the most infested building on his current roster.
I guess that, in summary, the bed bug infestation is handled by property management as best they know how at this time but there is room for improvement and the problem remains endemic to the building. I would not knowingly move into this situation.