HUD Encourages Smoke-Free Properties
HUD Encourages Smoke-Free Properties
HUD has issued Notices to encourage Smoke-Free Housing. The first, Notice H2010-21 was issued on September 15, 2010. Further encouragement was provided via Notice H2012-22, released on October 26, 2012.
There were no substantive changes from one Notice to the next. The Notice was issued to further encourage the adoption of smoke-free housing policies for properties. Many owners and management agents have already made their sites smoke-free, or are actively involved in implementing smoke-free housing policies in some or all of their properties.
This notice applies to:
A.) Project-based Section 8
- New Construction
- State Agency Financed
- Substantial Rehabilitation
- Section 202/8
- Rural Housing Services Section 515/8
- Loan Management Set-Aside (LMSA)
- Property Disposition Set-Aside (PDSA)
B.) Rent Supplement
C.) Section 202/162 Project Assistance Contract (PAC)
D.) Section 202 Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC)
E.) Section 811 PRAC
F.) Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration units under a Rent Assistance Contract
G.) Section 236
H.) Rental Assistance Payment (RAP)
I.) Section 221(d)(3) Below Market Interest Rate (BMIR)
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