Cannabis Legalization and Smoke-Free Housing in Minnesota

Cannabis Legalization and Smoke-Free Housing in Minnesota As of Tuesday, August 1, 2023, adult-use cannabis (marijuana) is legal in Minnesota. The still evolving policy landscape has created confusion and challenges for property owners and managers, common interest communities, and renters. Minnesota has allowed the use of medical cannabis in oil, pill, and vapor forms since […]

Mid Continent Management Corporation to launch Company-Wide Smoke-Free Policy

The Bluffs of Burnsville (picture above) and many other Twin Cities multi-family housing properties will go smoke free on September 1, 2023 under Mid Continent Management’s new smoke-free policy. Photo courtesy of Mid Continent Management Corporation Mid Continent Management Corporation to launch Company-Wide Smoke-Free Policy This fall, smoke-free air will become the new normal at […]

Minneapolis and St. Paul Expand Smoke-Free Housing Criteria for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Programs

Minneapolis and St. Paul Expand Smoke-Free Housing Criteria for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Programs The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program incentivizes housing developers throughout Minnesota to develop housing projects that include a smoke-free policy. The LIHTC program is a federal financing program for qualified residential rental properties. The LIHTC program offers investors a […]

Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing and Minnesota’s Medical Cannabis Program

Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing and Minnesota’s Medical Cannabis Program Excerpt For more than 40 years, smoke-free policies have provided Minnesotans protection from exposure to secondhand smoke at home, work and in the community. In the late 1990s, multi-unit housing residents and public health professionals began advocating for greater protection from secondhand smoke exposure, especially for those […]

St. Paul to Require Smoking Disclosure

Image: Councilmember Rebecca Noecker gives a shout out to Live Smoke Free’s Kara Skahen and Jeanne Weigum for their work on an ordinance to require a smoking policy disclosure before the sale of a unit in a common interest community. Saint Paul to require smoking disclosure City Council takes first step to help protect condo […]

Dakota County Receives 2020 NACo Achievement Award for Smoke-Free Housing

Dakota County Receives 2020 NACo Achievement Award for Smoke-Free Housing Hats off to our partners at the Dakota County Public Health Department (DCPH) and the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) for receiving a 2020 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties for their smoke-free housing efforts! Big thanks to HealthPartners for their partnership […]

Minneapolis and St. Paul Update Low Income Housing Tax Credit Programs

Minneapolis and St. Paul Update Low Income Housing Tax Credit Programs     The Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) program incentivizes housing developers throughout Minnesota to develop housing projects that include a smoke-free policy. The LIHTC program is a federal financing program for qualified residential rental properties. The LIHTC program offers investors a reduction in tax […]

Minnesota Fire Headlines Renew Calls to Take it Outside

Fire investigators move through the remains of the burned-out home in Maple Grove.

Minnesota Fire Headlines Renew Calls to Take it Outside The first month of 2020 came with fire headlines that remind Minnesota renters, property owners, and property managers, why smoke-free housing is vital to fire prevention. On January 6, 2020, WCCO reported, “The Number of Fire Deaths In Minnesota Increased By 14% Last Year.” The article […]