Burnaby housing complex infested with bed bugs

METRO VANCOUVER -- Residents of a housing complex in Burnaby are fed up with a chronic infestation of bed bugs that has persisted despite numerous attempts to eradicate the bloodsuckers.

Stratford Gardens, a multi-building housing complex on Pandora Street, has been infested with the bugs for years.

"It's on ongoing thing," said resident Marilyn McLeod. "I'm tired of this."

Nirmal Bains, another resident, said she had no bed to sleep on because of the bugs.

"I just hope someone can do something about them," she said. "It's gone on so long."

Rick Rizzuto has lived at Stratford Gardens for approximately eight years, and he estimated that the infestation has lasted the past couple of years.

"I've been bitten. They like me," he said. "I would get a new bed and a new couch, . but you can't up and spend $2,000 every time there's an infestation."

Rizzuto has seen the bugs crawling on his arms and legs. He has avoided his family, for fear of spreading the infestation.

"Last time I saw my parents was four years (ago). I can't see anyone because of this," he said.

B.C. Housing has brought in pest control crews, but the bugs are still an ongoing problem.

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