Unique Bed Bug Situation - Legal Rights

[Jessica Carroll]

Hello BP Community,

I bought a 1 bed/1bath duplex this summer and have been renovating the front unit. That part is going well! The plan is to renovate the back unit and make both units into either AIRBNB's or rentals - EVENTUALLY!

HOWEVER, the tenants state social worker had found her an apartment to live in and a moving company came to move her today and found bed bugs. She is refusing to go to her new apartment while the 3 week long extermination takes place. The great news is the state will pay for the extermination. She has a termination agreement to move out signed by us and her attorney to move out January 31st. The extermination is three weeks so it is going to extend into the first week of February, which would extend her stay which is not what I want.

Do I have any rights as a landlord that says "because the state has provided another place for her and it's ready that she has to leave?"

Is it common for tenants to stay in the unit if the extermination process is three weeks - three separate treatments?

If she refuses to leave on January 31st, I suppose I could start eviction?

I feel very under qualified to handle this...this sucks!

Thank you.