Non-smoking lease provisions gain popularity
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Do non-smoking lease provisions inhibit a landlord’s ability to fill residential vacancies?
- No (80%, 12 Votes)
- Yes (20%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 15
A trend toward non-smoking apartment buildings is growing, as reported in a recent New York Times article. In a cursory Craigslist search for apartments where smoking was permitted, only four were found in the five boroughs of New York City.
Though this research was conducted in New York City, this same trend is mirrored on the opposite side of the nation. On the West Coast, many California landlords have begun including a non-smoking addendum in their lease agreements, specifying the areas in which a tenant may smoke, all other areas being prohibited.
Reasons for smoking prohibitions are threefold:
- to protect the long-term health of tenants exposed to secondhand smoke;
- to safeguard the premises from fire and smoke related damage; and
- to limit disputes between neighboring tenants related to a smoking nuisance.
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Sarah Cantino
is lead editor for the Landlords, Tenants and Property Management and Real Estate Property Management books.
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Of course the real answer to this question depends on the Type of Property and where it is located. The problem I see quite often is Smokers telling landlord no just to get the rental.
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