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can i ask to get something written in a lease?

hey! sorry for any formatting, I’m on mobile but i have a question about renting. the city that i live in has a roach and bed bug problem. I live in Canada, i didn’t even know we had roaches until i saw one in my apartment. the second building i lived in i asked, “have you ever had roaches?”, they said no and turns out they had been fighting a roach problem months before i moved in. I am moving again and called a place and asked if they ever had roaches or bed bugs, they said no, i brought my sister with me to view it and turns out that’s where she lived for ~ less than one day before they found bed bugs in the unit. anyways, my question is can i ask my landlord to write in a lease “no we have never had any roaches or bed bugs in this building?” i’m so tired of getting scammed by companies and i’m so tired of dealing with pests. Backing off of that question, is that a good idea? could it potentially screw me if they actually did have bugs. could they blame it on me? sorry if this isn’t the right place to post, if there are better subreddits let me know! thank you!

tl;dr - can i ask my landlord to add “we’ve never had or treated for any type of pest”, and if i can, is it a bad idea?

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