Addressing and Preventing Pests with Healthier Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Approaches

Information for Residents

• Addressing and Preventing Pests in Your Home With Healthier Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Approaches– Fact sheet for residents (Coming soon– in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Arabic)
• Know Your Rights to Pest-Free Housing: Tenants’ Rights Resources (web version with links) (Coming soon– in Spanish)

Information for Asthma Home Visitors

• Addressing Pests through Asthma Remediation: Your Role as an Asthma Home Visitor
• A letter template that you can send to landlords
• IPM “decision trees” to help you navigate the actions you can take (recording on how to use the slides)
• IPM supplies and services that can be provided through Asthma Remediation

Information for Landlords

• Accessing Medi-Cal’s Asthma Remediation Coverage to Address Pests: Information for Landlords and Property Management
• Hiring a Pest Control Company for IPM (web version with links)

Additional information on pests and IPM

• UC IPM Quick Tips:
  • cockroaches / cucarachas
  • mice / ratón común
  • rats / ratas
  • bed bugs / chinches de cama
• Northeastern IPM Center picture-based guides (lower literacy infographics):  
  • Stop Cockroaches! / Detenga las Cucarachas!  
  • Stop Mice!  / Detenga los Ratones!,
  • Stop Bed Bugs! / Detenga las Chinches!