Why not? My sister is the chairman of a 50+ block of units (condominiums). She was telling me the other day about waiting in for the pest control company that I think visits every 6 months. Most of the units are tenanted and they do not realise all the work that my 85 year old sister does to keep the units in top condition. It is paid for by the contributions of the owners who of course take it out of the rents. The renters just go blissfully on. Quite a common occurrence is for a renter to contact my sister to say that water is coming through the ceiling. She has to go upstairs and deal with the renters above, many speak very little English, and ask why they do not regularly check their hot water system or report leaks, then she has to call plumbers and deal with insurance claims. I know it is getting her down but she worries what will happen to the block and her investment if no-one does her unpaid tasks.
Actually, the property management company has regular maintenance done, and we do have an exterminator who comes onsite, I've seen his van here from time to time. I have no pest activity in my place (ants, roaches). Occasionally I'll find a small spider or centipede, and if I can, I catch the spiders and put them outside.
However, in spring, it's time for wasp & hornet queens to start new nests. The front of my building has a small patch of property with some smaller trees on it, and behind the building is a massive cemetery, so there is a lot of area where the insects could come from. We have a super who lives in one of the buildings in this complex, and he is very responsive when we call.
There is something really not right about that. Even my condo association covers the cost of an exterminator to visit our building regularly to prevent problems from starting.
Do other tenants have this problem? If they do, everyone who has the problem should complain, and keep complaining until the management company does something about it.
It seems shortsighted to me that the management company doesn't take care of this. Suppose they get a tenant who is allergic to bee stings, and that tenant gets stung? The company could have a whale of a lawsuit on its hands.
Years ago, I got a new stove in a rental apartment when I pointed out to the management company that an old stove, where you had to light the oven with a match, was a fire hazard.
As I said above, the property management does have an exterminator who comes in and we have no problems regarding pests like ants or roaches.
My first spring/summer here, I talked to other tenants in my building, and none of them have had issues with stinging insects getting into their places. I'm the only lucky one.
As for treating the buildings, I watch a YouTube channel regularly called "Hornet King". He's an exterminator (and, as an added bonus, eye-candy) and he regularly films the removals of nests he does from people's property/homes.
In January of this year, he posted a video giving people advice on how to avoid having nests made on and in their homes. The very first place he went was to the roof, and pointed out how wasps/hornets get in through the soffits. He also said that there are companies who advertise that they treat these places to prevent the pests from coming in. His advice, don't waste your money on this. Apparently it's not effective and he said that basically your best course of action is to watch for activity and then spray when you see it.
My plan is to go out to the area where I saw the activity last year, and spray early in the spring, in the hopes that it will prevent them from coming back to that space.
If that fails, I plan on using the phone to film the activity, and take it to property management and have it fixed.