First order of business
Sell these buildings off and allow the new operators to charge market rents for them
Get the government out of the land lord business
Obama may end up in welfare housing
Well, silly me. I thought this was clamping down on people who don’t work for a living taking money from working Americans and wasting it on cigarettes. I should have know.
If I were benevolent dictator, any able-bodied person on welfare would not be allowed to smoke, drink or own a pet. This is all luxury that nobody else should have to pay for. I know - impossible to enforce. But I can still think it.
What are they going to do? Round them all up?
So it’s OK to smoke in the most expensive public housing in the country, but not in section 8 housing, got it. Hypocrite.
None so cruel as a reformed smoker. Particularly if you’re a lame duck trying to create a legacy out of nothing. With a wife trying to do the same.
“Second-hand smoke” indeed.
TC
Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy Boston Globe June 27, 2008"About 99 of the units are vacant, many rendered uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage. Mice scamper through the halls. Battered mailboxes hang open. Sewage backs up into kitchen sinks. In 2006, federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex an 11 on a 100-point scale - a score so bad the buildings now face demolition."
Communists obsess with control and social engineering.
The easiest marks are those in the womb, public schools and the poor, and/or the mentally ill on the streets.
“The policy will be viewed as punitive and cruel and noncompliance will be widespread. It is incredibly foolish and unkind.
The U.S. Department of Homewrecking and Utopian Development (HUD) said it plans to forbid smoking in public housing units ...”
They can’t stop the hood rats from smoking PCP, Meth, Crack, Heroin, or Marijuana - I don’t think they can stop the hood rats from smoking tobacco!
why not cut junk food, and only have fruit and veggies while on EBT if they feel that much about being healthy.
Consequences for those who VIOLATE the OATH!!!!!!!!
MAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is doing that so President Trump will have to deal with the aftermath of this.
If he was serious about the welfare of poor people he would have made Mooch address the fat welfare queens and their EBT cards.
Stay out of their business, Obama. Most of these people have a hard enough time just surviving day to day. For some, an occasional smoke helps them to hold on. We are talking about adults here. MYOB. This is but one reason why Single Payer Health Insurance is a bad idea. Because after that, the Govt. wants to dictate every aspect of your life. It’s like being a Ward of the State.
Holy Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick!
They are poor, let them have a ciggie!
If the dirtbags cant smoke, they can afford to pay full rental price.
Hmm maybe if they didn’t waste all that money on cigs, they wouldn’t need so much welfare from taxpayers. Get your own house and smoke as much as you want...
But allowed in White Hut.
This went in effect in San Antonio TX in January 2012. Julian was mayor there. I think that most public housing in TX went smoke free by 2015.