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A bed bug infestation at the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority senior high-rise apartments in Rome is still causing problems for a handful of tenants.

Executive Director Sandra Hudson said Wednesday she has two tenants still housed in local motels and two more who are going to be displaced while their apartments are being treated.

Since the bugs were reported in a dozen units last month, the NWGHA has spent $49,000 to treat for the critters and pay for temporary housing and meals for displaced families.

The board of directors approved a policy revision Wednesday that spells out the responsibility of both tenants and the authority when bed bugs are discovered. It requires tenants to be proactive by avoiding clutter in their apartments and checking baggage and clothing after all trips.

If bed bugs are discovered in an apartment, the inspection will extend to units on either side of it as well as above and below.

Residents wont be charged for treatment unless they were to lose or damage materials supplied to deal with the infestation.

If they are uncooperative or reckless, they could be subject to having their lease terminated, NWGHA Attorney Stewart Duggan said.

In other business, Technical Services Director Doug Braden briefed the board on efforts to deal with the hundreds of false fire alarms at the high-rise apartments that are generally the result of overcooked food.

Each unit has a smoke detector in the kitchen and one in the den. The fire department gets an average of 25 false alarms each month.

Braden said theyre working with its alarm company, Tyco SimplexGrinnell, to re-program the smoke detectors. Tenants would get 45 seconds to a minute to clear the smoke after the first alarm before a second alarm and call to the fire department is triggered.

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