Feds Give Local Agencies 18 Months to Ban Smoking in Public Housing | Apartment Loan Depot Since 2005 – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Multifamily Loans Nationwide

(RECAP: Smoking is to be prohibited in federally subsidized public housing nationwide as soon as early next year under a rule announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The rule, proposed by the agency last year, bans lit tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and pipes in all indoor areas — even inside people’s apartments — and within 25 feet of all buildings. The prohibition is to be written into residents’ leases. Repeated violations could lead to eviction. The agency is giving local public housing agencies 18 months to implement the policy. One possible obstacle to the ban: President-elect Donald Trump could reverse it when he takes office.)