Join the Growing Number of
Housing Authorities
with No-Smoking Policies
As of July 2010, at least 178 local housing authorities in the US have adopted smokefree policies for some or all of their properties; at least 162 since January 2005. That is an average of over 2.4/month and for the 67 months, constitutes an increase of over 1000%. See the updated list.
Recent (very positive) articles:
- Oregonian, Portland, OR - "Mirrors, No-Smoke" - 6/30/10
- Register-Guard, Eugene, OR - "Public Housing to go Smokefree" - 7/16/10
- Register-Guard Editorial - "A sensible smoking rule/Public housing catches up with private sector" -7/18/10
Tools for adopting no-smoking policies:
- Questions to ask yourselves
- Analysis of unit renovation costs for non-smokers vs smokers
- No-smoking policy plan options & talking points developed by PNRC-NAHRO/CHEF
- Resident survey- logistics, tools and examples
- HAP steps and key documents
- Nampa Housing Authority's no-smoking policy
- Making no-smoking rules work: A training for onsite property managers
- Enforcement Toolkit
- How can public health partners support this work?
What HUD says about no-smoking policies:
- HUD issued a statement 7/17/09 "strongly encouraging public housing authorities to implement no-smoking policies in some or all of their public housing units."
- Read " Analysis of the Authority of Housing Authorities and Section 8 multi-unit housing owners to adopt smoke-free policies in their residential units."
- Read "The Federal Fair Housing Act and the protection of persons who are disabled by secondhand smoke in most private and public housing."
