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Our mission is to protect residents in multi-unit housing from involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke.
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FREE TRAINING--"Meeting the Demand for Smoke-Free Housing"
On Thursday, October 29th, the Coalition will be holding a FREE training on advocating for and adopting smoke-free housing policies. To learn more, and to register, visit the training page. Smoke-Free Housing Featured in HUD Sep. 2009 Newsletter
For more information on HUD's position on smoke-free housing, please check out their newsletter available by visiting: http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/phecc/newsletter/sept09.pdf. NCHH Releases "Reasons to Explore Smoke-Free Housing"
The National Center for Healthy Housing releases their fact sheet, "Reasons to Explore Smoke-Free Housing." For the document, click here! HUD Officially Endorses Smoke-Free Policy Adoption
On July 17, 2009, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued an official memo (NOTICE: PIH-2009-21) entitled, “Non-Smoking Policies in Public Housing.” The memo, which was sent to all public housing authorities, as well as resident management corporations, healthy homes representatives and others throughout the nation, “strongly encourages Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to implement non-smoking policies in some or all of their public housing units.”
The notice addresses the financial and health benefits of adopting a smoke-free policy, and explicitly addresses asthma and indoor air quality as primary motivators for HUD’s official position.
For those engaged in the smoke-free housing movement, the endorsement by the federal government’s greatest authority on public and subsidized housing is a major step for this initiative, based on voluntary policy change and grassroots efforts. The Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine is proud to have been part of the engagement and education of HUD, and is a cited resource in their official notice. For more information on smoke-free housing, please visit www.smokefreeforme.org and to review the HUD memo please visit http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/publications/notices/09/pih2009-21.pdf.
Embden house fire caused by smoking injures 2 women
EMBDEN -- Two women were injured and taken to a Skowhegan hospital Sunday
after they escaped from a burning house at 84 Cross Town Road....(Read
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Tenants
Information and resources to protect yourself from involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke in multi-unit housing.
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Landlords
Resources and information for property owners.
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The Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine is a non-profit group comprised of over 50 public health advocates, tenants, landlords, property managers, environmental health professionals and many others. Our mission, through education, advocacy and policy change, is to protect residents in multi-unit housing from involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke. We have been working with housing authorities, private landlords, developers, tenants and other housing professionals since 2004.
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