More and more multifamily properties have adopted smoking bans—both in common areas and inside apartments. And HUD has recently adopted a rule banning smoking at all public housing sites. Even some cities have proposed smoking bans in rental buildings, and courts have ruled that landlords and community associations can be held liable for residents’ injuries caused by secondhand smoke from neighboring units.
 
While the benefits of going smoke-free – from improving resident and employee health to saving on maintenance costs – may be clear, implementing and enforcing a ban may trigger legal challenges under the Fair Housing Act.
 

Speaker Lynn N. Dover will clear the air about what you can and can’t do about smoking in your community under fair housing law.
 

She’ll offer suggestions for preventing potential fair housing problems with respect to smoking policies and cover issues relating to residents’ use of medical marijuana in those states that have approved its use.
 

Lynn N. Dover, Esq.
Partner
Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP

 

Lynn Dover entered the practice of law in 1987, in the field of commercial landlord-tenant litigation. In 1989, she began working exclusively in the field of residential landlord-tenant law and was a trial attorney from 1989 – 2002. Lynn is currently the managing partner of the Fair Housing Practice Group at Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP, a California real estate law firm, where she assists clients with fair housing legal issues and fair housing reviews of leasing documents. She also provides fair housing training for clients and various rental housing industry organizations.

 

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