HUD Provides Guidance to PHAs on Implementing Smoke-Free Public Housing Rule

HUD recently published Notice PIH-2017-03, which provides guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) regarding the implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies as required by HUD’s final rule prohibiting smoking in public housing. The effective date of the rule is Feb. 3, 2017, and PHAs will have 18 months to implement their smoke-free policies.