West Saint Paul Renters Support Citywide Smoke-Free Housing In 2021 Dakota County Public Health (DCPH) and Live Smoke Free (LSF) collaborated with the City of West St. Paul to gather data to inform smoke-free housing opportunities in West St. Paul. LSF and DCPH surveyed 230 residents (response rate 27.6%) and six property managers (response rate […]

Brooklyn Park Renters Support Citywide Smoke-Free Housing In 2019 Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, and ANSR staff began reaching out to select multi-unit properties (both smoke-free and smoking-allowed) in Brooklyn Park asking to survey residents on the topic of smoke-free housing. The goal was to learn about smoking habits in apartments, resident experience of secondhand smoke, […]

Background In August 2021 the Minneapolis Health Department (MHD) and Live Smoke Free (LSF), a program of the Association for Nonsmokers – Minnesota, surveyed owners/managers of Minneapolis rental properties to gauge support for and understand access to low-income smoke-free housing. Respondents answered questions about their properties where rents are subsidized by Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs). […]

Ramsey County Renters Support Citywide Smoke-Free Housing Earlier this year, Saint Paul – Ramsey County Public Health (SPRCPH) and Live Smoke (LSF) completed a resident survey in multi-unit housing (MUH) that asked questions of adults who live in apartment buildings in Ramsey County. The goal was to gauge Ramsey County residents’ interest in adoption of […]

Eden Prairie Renters Support Citywide Smoke-Free Housing In 2019 Eden Praire, Hennepin County, and ANSR staff began reaching out to select multi-unit properties (both smoke free and smoking allowed) in Eden Prairie asking to survey property managers and residents on the topic of smoke-free housing. The goal was to learn about smoking habits in apartments, […]