Winnipeg Free Press:  Woman's eviction shows plight of mentally ill

 

Fri Dec 28 2007

He did evict the woman. He did so on the advice of the health department which, acting on a complaint from other tenants, found her one-bedroom apartment infested with bedbugs. Officials ordered the apartment sealed, the contents destroyed and the entire block fumigated.

The problem, Bibik said, is that the woman has a mental illness that causes her to "dumpster dive" -- that is to scour trash bins for anything of interest -- and to stockpile her findings in her home...