Pawtucket lawmaker’s bill clarifies tenant and landlord responsibilities in the event of bed bugs

Pawtucket lawmaker’s bill clarifies tenant and landlord responsibilities in the event of bed bugs

A close dorsal view of the head and thorax regions of an adult Cimex lectularius bed bug. (Photo by Blaine Mathison CDC/ CDC-DPDx/2010)A four-and-a-half hour hearing Wednesday night of the House Committee on Judiciary drew a long parade of landlords who rallied against a number of perennial housing-related legislative pushes like rent control and just cause evictions.  Hiding among all the big ideas were the bed bugs.  Bill H7758 — sponsored by …