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The annual bedbug report, explained.

If your building has three or more apartments, HPD requires you to file a report every year on the building's bedbug history: which units had them, which were treated, whether treatment worked. Then you share the results with your tenants. It takes fifteen minutes online, and it's easy to forget because it happens exactly once a year.

What it costs to skip: a housing code violation from HPD, subject to civil penalties, and an easy flag for tenant attorneys looking for owner sloppiness.

Applies toMultiple dwellings (3+ apartments) with tenants

Filing windowFile annually with HPD; due December 31

CoversThe prior year: infestations, treatments, and outcomes by unit count

ThenGive tenants the filing or post it prominently in the building

AgencyHPD

The lawNYC Admin. Code § 27-2018.1

What the filing asks

Counts, not names: how many units had bedbugs, how many were treated, how many were infested again after treatment. You file electronically through HPD's portal (linked from their bedbug page). If the building had zero infestations, you still file: zero is the report.

The disclosure half

After filing, tenants get the information two ways at your choice: distribute the filed notice to each unit with the lease paperwork, or post it prominently in the building. Do it every year, right after filing, and you've discharged the duty.

If you actually have bedbugs

The report is about history; the obligation to treat is immediate and separate. Use a licensed pest professional, treat adjacent units, and document everything: the next December's filing depends on those records.

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Sources: HPD, Bedbugs · Admin. Code § 27-2018.1. Reviewed July 4, 2026. This guide organizes public requirements in plain English; it is not legal advice, and No Fines is not affiliated with the City of New York. Confirm specifics with the agency before your deadline.