The suit alleges youths were forced to “relieve themselves” in bottles and milk cartons and were stuck in “filthy and unsanitary” conditions, infested with cockroaches.

But not even McDonald’s has called him, and his wife’s part-time gig washing dishes in a restaurant barely covers the $2,500 they pay each month in rent for an apartment infested with bedbugs.

Jess describes how when she first toured the building, it's seven floors were infested with pigeons and had streams of rainwater running through them – the "rotting heart" of White Rock.

Lice are spread by direct contact with the hair or items that an infested person has used, like hats, combs, brushes, towels, pillows, beds or even stuffed animals.

The fly species was first found in California in 1960 and has been reintroduced every year since 1966 by infested fruits and vegetables coming into the state.