Renters rally over cockroach, mice infestations and disrepair in Halifax housing - BERITAJA

A group of tenants successful Halifax opportunity they are fed up pinch chronic cockroach, mice and bedbug infestations successful their homes and opportunity their landlords are neglecting the problems.

Heather Dunham says each greeting erstwhile she goes to make tea, she’s faced pinch a twelve aliases truthful cockroaches crawling about her counter.

At night, she says she’s kept awake by the sounds of rodents scurrying about her home.

The azygous mother has lived successful a Spryfield flat pinch her boy for 11 years, and contempt galore requests to her landlord for thief eradicating the pests, she says the rumor is being ignored.

Housing defense group ACORN says galore tenants crossed the Halifax area are dealing pinch insects, rats and different pests, arsenic good arsenic poorly maintained surviving conditions.

Dunham and ACORN are calling for stronger enforcement of Halifax Regional Municipality’s spot standards bylaws.