Anonymous on 01/09/2012

Quite a lot of variation in service from Good Shepherd. Some people get treated within two weeks, which is still WAY too long, but better than some who get wait times that are unbelievable. They did assist with packing into plastic bags, and took two large bags to launder for me..they would have done all the packing and all the laundry if I needed it and replaced everything out of bags after treatment. The turnaround time for the second treatment was two weeks, what it is supposed to be. I have

Worried person on 12/10/2011

I read something in the Hamilton Spectator today from city housing that this building is getting better. My sister is a home care nurse who goes into that building because there are a lot of seniors and persons with disabilitys that can't get out. She has twice brought them out in her hand bag and their office building has been infected because of it. She is very concerned for her patients who live there but she hears and sees that the problem is not really getting better but worse. The people w

Joe the plumber on 11/27/2011

I worked n maintenance at 350 King and also saw how the GoodvShepherd was doing pest control. Building is getting worse and I have been told it is 70 percent infested and the pest control is taking too long to correct it. We see social workers here daily, home care nurses as well as hundreds of people just coming and going. The bugs are leaving this building n human carriers and spreading. The people who live here have no alternatives because of money and a lot are disabled. I am not an expert b

Concerned Citizen on 05/07/2011

Given that there are bed bugs at 350 King St E. and they remain on this registry, it is alarming to see that First Place (350 King St E) has allowed their building to be open to the public this weekend May 7 & 8 2011 for the Door Open Hamilton tours! How irrisponsible is that?!!

Dexter on 03/03/2011

My mother has lived in this building for around seven years and had to have her unit fumigated twice for the bed bugs. She was being bitten. She had to have her cat put in the kennel while they sprayed the psesticide in the apartment at her own expense. She had to take everything she owned, all linens and clothing up to the laundry room at her own expense and wash and bag everything. There are bedbugs still in this building. The building is now run by Hamilton Housing. They are letting a v

Glenn on 09/18/2010

Regarding the building at 350 King St. E. - First Place.

I made an attempt to notify the Public Health Dept. about this. I was told that if I was not a resident in that building, there is nothing I can do. REALLY! That building is threatening the whole community. Do you think that the seniors are going to cause a problem where they live? They need support from the rest of us so that this is dealt with. There is a grocery store on Main St. E., not far from that address. I will no longer

Melanie on 09/17/2010

I was speaking with an acquaintance yesterday, who lives at First Place 350 King St.E. She said that she has been fumigated 6 times for bedbugs in the past year. Their library was virtually cleaned out to remove the pests, but when she picked up a book, it was crawling with them. At dinner, she brushed a bed bug from another resident's shirt. She is under the impression that "everybody in the city has bed bugs". Is this what they're being told by management?

She also mentioned that EMS wor

PO's in Hamilton on 09/10/2010

This is a senior's apartment building run by the City of Hamilton. It has deteriorated badly in the 9 years since my grandmother moved in. In July, she broke out in a terrible rash. The doctor suspected lukemia. How terrifying. Well, it turned out to be bedbug bites. Clean as she is, her apartment is infested. She got home one day and a letter had been left that her apartment had been entered, inspected and bedbug activity had been found, with instructions to clean out everything, put in

Mr clean on 08/29/2010

The problem with this building is the city uses the cheapest pest control they can find. I was on cleaning staff here for about five years and before the city took over the problem with bedbugs and roaches was manageable. However when the city housing took over everything in the building took a dive. I feel sorry for tenants as most are elderly and on a subsidy and have nowhere to go.sad case of public housing in our province..

Anonymous on 12/02/2008

This is primarily a seniors/low income apartment building with offices and retail outlets on the main floor. The office I work in is on the main floor and a number of our clients live in the building. This building (primarily the residential area) has been infested with bed bugs for years. It is currently owned and managed by the City of Hamilton. Although they treat regularly, the bed-bug infestation has never been properly addressed (for example no assistance is provided to the senior/disa