Attention: All persons entering properties of IHA

IMPORTANT: All Ithaca Housing Authority properties will be smoke-free effective May 1, 2018, except for assigned designated smoking areas.

The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a final rule on December 5, 2016 which requires all public housing authorities to implement a smoke-free policy by July 30, 2018. The IHA supports HUD’s effort to create safer and healthier homes for its residents, reduce the incidences of fire, and reduce costly rehabs to smoker’s apartments. This rule does not require persons who smoke to stop smoking; rather, they must perform the activity in allowable areas.

Click here for a copy of the Smoke-Free Housing Policy that the IHA’s Board of Commissioners adopted at the October 2017 Board meeting.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE POLICY:

• Titus Towers – only allowable smoking areas are the two outside gazebos
• Family Sites – no smoking anywhere on the property. Family Sites properties are not designed to accommodate a designated area.

The new Smoke-Free Housing Policy will go into effect on May 1, 2018.

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The mission of the Housing Authority (IHA) of the City of Ithaca, NY, is to operate a socially and financially sound agency that assists area low income families and individuals with safe, decent, and affordable housing opportunities and related services as they strive to achieve self-sufficiency and improve the quality of their lives.  The IHA is committed to operating in an efficient, ethical, and professional manner.