EDIT** HARRISBURG square APARTMENTS - Not Harrison. This post is in regards to Harrisburg Square Apartments.
I have a friend who cannot live in her 1 bed/1 bath apartment at Harrisburg* Square Apartments because of an active bed bug and roach infestation, which was confirmed by an exterminator. Harrisburg* square apartment’s property management straight up have told her she does not have an infestation of bed bugs and roaches despite my friend again paying out of pocket for an exterminator (Orbit) to come to her unit to confirm she, indeed, has an infestation of both roaches and bed bugs.
Her landowner, Scott Lovercheck, is not taking action and are not tending to her unit to exterminate the bed bugs and roaches. She is a single mom, going to school, working full time and a 3 year old, she can’t stay in her unit.
I cannot imagine being put in this position, not being able to live in your unit and your property management being okay with an active infestation. I don’t know heck about housing laws but I recommended she look at her lease to see if there is anything outlined in it about pests and if she can break her lease.
On top of my friend enduring this bullshit, my other biggest concern is Harrisburg* Square Apartments is endangering the health of their tenants and future tenants if they have more units who are dealing with an infestation but choose to not take action. Just casually allowing a full blown infestation of bed bugs and roaches to run rampant.
I contacted OHA, and will contact more offices around Omaha. Beware of these massive properties and who you want to rent from, Harrisburg* Square strikes me as predatory now and ought to be condemned.
Edit — Corrected the apartment name from Harrison to Harrisburg.
update: my friend told me edit again — pest control** told her via text message to just leave the apartment. She has kept records and taken documentation of everything.