1. Have you ever treated an affordable property in your portfolio for bed bugs? |
Yes |
83% |
No |
17% |
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2. Do you have any market-rate rental units in your company’s portfolio? |
Yes |
64% |
No |
36% |
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3. Have you treated any of those market-rate rental units for a bed bug infestation? |
Yes |
37% |
No |
33% |
I do not have market-rate units in my company’s portfolio |
30% |
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4. In your experience, what is the average cost per unit per treatment of bed bugs to eliminate an infestation at a property (this treatment includes initial visits and subsequent treatment(s) [as determined by a pest control company] to eradicate an infestation)? |
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$0-250 |
0% |
$250-500 |
26% |
$500-750 |
24% |
$750-$1000 |
21% |
$1000-1500 |
13% |
$1500-$1750 |
5% |
$1750+ |
11% |
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5. On average, how many units (including the infested unit) are treated for each bed bug treatment for an infestation at a property (this treatment includes initial visits and subsequent treatment(s) [as determined by a pest control company] to eradicate an infestation)? |
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1 |
5% |
2 |
11% |
3 |
24% |
4 |
29% |
5 |
11% |
6 |
5% |
7 |
0% |
8 |
0% |
9+ |
16% |
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6. On average, how many total treatment(s) (including initial visits and subsequent treatment(s)) were necessary to eliminate an infestation? |
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1 |
13% |
2 |
24% |
3 |
50% |
4 |
5% |
5+ |
8% |
Total |
100% |
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7. What treatment options were used on your property to eliminate bed bug infestations? Please select all that apply. |
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Heat treatment |
68% |
Cold treatment |
8% |
Steam treatment |
16% |
Furniture and mattress encasement |
71% |
Chemical pesticides |
82% |
Non-chemical options (i.e. diatomaceous earth/silicon dioxide) |
21% |
Vacuuming |
47% |
Sealing cracks and crevasses |
24% |
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8. Has your property experienced re-infestations of units which were successfully treated and determined to be free of bed bugs by a pest control professional? |
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Yes |
71% |
No |
29% |
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9. If you answered “Yes” to Question 8, have you been able to conclusively determine what caused the re-infestation? Please check all that apply. |
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Unsuccessful or ineffective method used in pest control treatment of the infestation |
29% |
Tenant non-compliance with treatment instructions/protocols |
89% |
Property staff non-compliance with treatment instructions/protocols |
0% |
Infested second-hand furniture (including mattresses, etc.) brought on to the property after the treatment |
64% |
Infested second-hand items (including rugs, clothing, etc.) brought on to the property after the treatment |
43% |
We have been unable to conclusively determine what caused the re-infestation |
21% |
No, we have not had any reinfestations at the property |
0% |
Other |
4% |
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10. What steps has your property taken in the past prior to the effective date of HUD’s bed bug Notice H 2011-20 (August 16, 2011) to help prevent bed bug infestations? Please check all that apply. |
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Developed and implemented an integrated pest management (IPM) plan |
54% |
Require inspection of furniture and other tenant items at move-in |
15% |
Require inspection of furniture and other tenant items after move-in |
15% |
Offer voluntary inspection services of furniture and tenant items at or after move-in |
22% |
Provide educational information to tenants and staff on identifying bed bugs and provide information on next steps for treatment |
83% |
Provide encasements for mattresses, pillows, and furniture |
33% |
Require treatment (non-chemical or chemical) of furniture and other tenant items at move-in |
4% |
Require treatment (non-chemical or chemical) of furniture and other tenant items after move-in |
9% |
Offer treatment (non-chemical or chemical) services of furniture and tenant items at or after move-in |
11% |
Require tenants to remove excess clutter from their units |
57% |
Require tenants to sign a lease addendum agreeing to the control and prevention of bed bugs |
35% |
Keeping records of previous infestations |
78% |
Providing inspections of common areas and units to look for infestations |
76% |
My property has not taken any preventative measures for bed bug infestations at this time |
2% |
Other |
11% |
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11. What steps does your property plan to take in the future to help prevent bed bug infestations? Please check all that apply. |
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Developed and implemented an integrated pest management (IPM) plan |
62% |
Require inspection of furniture at move-in |
26% |
Voluntary inspection of furniture after move-in |
31% |
Provide educational information to tenants and staff on identifying bed bugs and provide information on next steps for treatment |
62% |
Provide encasements for mattresses, pillows, and furniture |
18% |
Require treatment (non-chemical or chemical) of furniture at move-in |
5% |
Voluntary treatment (non-chemical or chemical) of furniture after move-in |
13% |
Require tenants to remove excess clutter from their units |
54% |
Require tenants to sign a lease addendum agreeing to the control and prevention of bed bugs |
33% |
Keeping records of previous infestations |
64% |
Providing inspections of common areas and units to look for infestations |
62% |
My property does not plan to taken any preventative measures for bed bug infestations at this time |
3% |
Other |
10% |
| 1. Have you, your property, or your company used any of the vital documents translated by HUD? |
| Yes |
67% |
| No |
33% |
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| 2. If you answered “Yes” to Question 1, which HUD translated vital documents have you used? Please check all that apply: |
| Annual Recertification Notices |
43% |
| Notice Of Termination |
7% |
| EIV and You brochure |
86% |
| One of the Four Model leases |
86% |
| Model Form of Notification of Rent Increase Resulting From Recertification Processing |
7% |
| Interim Adjustment Initial Notice |
7% |
| Interim Adjustment Termination of Assistance |
0% |
| Resident Rights Responsibilities brochure |
100% |
| How Your Rent is Determined Fact Sheets |
79% |
| Lease Addendum - Violence Against Women and Justice Department Reauthorization Act of 2005 |
29% |
| Supplement to Application for Federally Assisted Housing |
21% |
| Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence or Stalking |
14% |
| Document Package for Applicants/Tenants Consent to the Release of Information. |
50% |
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| 3. If you answered “Yes” to Question 1, which languages of HUD translated documents have you used? Please check all that apply: |
| Amharic |
14% |
| Arabic |
36% |
| Armenian |
14% |
| Creole |
7% |
| Cambodian |
7% |
| Chinese |
50% |
| Farsi |
29% |
| French |
7% |
| Hmong |
0% |
| Korean |
50% |
| Portuguese |
0% |
| Russian |
64% |
| Spanish |
100% |
| Tagalog |
7% |
| Vietnamese |
14% |
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| 4. Do you believe there are other vital documents, other than the documents listed in Question 2, that should be translated by HUD? If so, what other documents, such as official HUD forms and/or property level documents, should those be? |
| AR Reminder Notices |
| Mandatory IR Notices |
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| Program Fact Sheet |
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| Race-Ethnic Data Form |
| Applicant Declaration |
| HUD Form 50059 |
| Reasonable Accommodation information sheets |
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| 5. Do you believe there are other languages, other than the languages listed in Question 3, that HUD should be considering translating vital documents into? If so, which languages? |
| Bosnian, Somalian, Croatian, Serbian, Pashto, Kunama, and Ethiopian |
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| 6. Do you believe there are any oral interpretation needs for LEP persons that HUD is not providing? If so, what are they and why are they needed? Examples may include a 1-800 oral translation hotline, better connections to resources in the community, etc. |
| Yes, 1-800 Oral Interpretation hotline |
100% |
