Non-Profit Housing - Smoke Free Housing Ontario

Resources for Going Smoke-Free

Healthy homes are fueled by clean air
The Business Case for Smoke-Free Housing in English and French
Smoke-Free Affordable Housing: Picking on Poor People or a Case for Social Justice?
Human Rights and No-Smoking Policies for Multi-Unit Housing
Ottawa Community Housing Board of Directors Report & Survey Results
Waterloo Region Housing Smoke-Free Housing Policy Evaluation
Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA) report on“Smoke-Free Multi-Residential Apartment Buildings.” Access this document by logging into the members’ section and search for it by name.

Policies

Cannabis Cultivation

Cannabis Cultivation Fact Sheet

Cessation Supports

Smokers’ Helpline 877.513.5333 provides free confidential access to a trained Quit Specialist by phone to provide support quitting smoking
Interpreters are available
Smokers’ Helpline Online Support provides tips, tools and support to quit smoking 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Smokers’ Helpline Text Support – text iQuit to 123456 to received support from a live Quit Coach during business hours and text messages customized to your quit date
Smokers’ Helpline Quit Map lists programs and services for quitting smoking by location
STOP on the Road provides free nicotine replacement therapy and counselling support
Local Public Health Unit provides free smoking cessation support

It's simply the right thing to do and, from what our buyers have said on our last two projects, they unanimously embrace this feature.

Providing healthy living spaces, increasing fire safety, lowering turnover costs, and ensuring tenants satisfaction is important to us. As a supportive housing provider, offering smoke-free housing helps us accomplish these goals.

Smoke-free housing policies protect residents from harmful tobacco smoke exposure and also support smokers who want to reduce or quit smoking.

I am one of the truly blessed now to be safe in affordable smoke-free housing.

After spending thousands of dollars trying to prevent second-hand smoke from infiltrating units, it became apparent the only and best solution was to make the 90-unit condominium a smoke-free facility. Smoke free makes us more attractive to future residents.

It should be noted though that the process wasn’t easy…neighbours encouraged neighbours and ... clean air prevailed.