Legal Concerns

1. How Landlords Can Prohibit Smoking in Rental Housing: (English and Spanish)
2. Can you be sued for NOT addressing secondhand smoke?
3. Is Secondhand Smoke a Nuisance? Secondhand Smoke Now a Nuisance
4. What About the Right to Smoke?: There Is No Constitutional Right to Smoke

Health Concerns

1. Why Convert to Smoke-Free Units
2. 6 Major Conclusions of the Surgeon General Report on Secondhand Smoke
3. Secondhand smoke and children
4. Fire Danger Risk of Smoking in Apartments
5. Risks for Fire Deaths Among Older Adults
6. AAHSA – Reasons for Establishing Smoke-Free Housing-Seniors

Protect Your Investment

1. Secondhand Smoke Seepage into Multi-Unit Affordable Housing
2. Thirdhand Smoke in Apartments and Condos – How to Clean
3. Housing Industry Discusses Trend Towards Smoke-Free Housing – UNITS Magazine Clearing the Air
4. Reasons to Explore Smokefree Housing – National Center for Healthy Housing

Local Laws

1. One-page Grid of CA Cities with Smoke-Free Housing Laws
2. Matrix of Local Smokefree Housing Policies: July 2009
3. Comparison of Nonsmoking Housing Units Ordinances: August 2009
4. Becoming a Policy Wonk on Nonsmoking Housing Units Ordinances: August 2009
5. Oakland MUH Ordinance & Compliance Steps

HUD Memos

1. HUD Memo on Smoke-Free units conversions
2. HUD encourages PHAs to Become Smoke-Free

Tax Credits

1. Tax Credits for Smoke-Free Housing

Green Standards

1. Green Criteria Checklist

Testimonials

1. Smokefree: A Success Story in a Smoke-free Conversion

Benefits of Legislating Smoke-Free Housing

1. Smoke-Free Housing Ordinance Rationale

Legislative Options

1. Becoming a Policy Wonk on Nonsmoking Housing Units Ordinances
2. Model Ordinance for Smoke-Free Housing Cities and Counties can restrict smoking in all types of multi-unit residences, from apartment buildings and condo complexes to hotels and senior housing.

Resources and Fact Sheets

1. Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing
2. Comparison of Smoke-Free Housing Policy Factors: Private Market Rate versus Publicly Subsidized Multi-Unit Housing, prepared by Warren Ortland, staff attorney with the Public Health Law Center in Minnesota: This chart shows various approaches to implementing and enforcing smokefree policies for different forms of affordable housing
3. How to Get Started on that Smoke-Free Housing Objective, compiled by Serena Chen of the American Lung Association in California: This chart identifies the various stakeholders involved in affordable and market-rate housing
4. Landlord Disclosure of secondhand Tobacco Smoke

Tax Credits

1. Tax Credit Fact Sheet

Local Laws

1. One-page Grid of CA Cities with Smoke-Free Housing Laws