BACKGROUND INFO
Ever since the HUD push for public housing units to create an anti-smoking policy in 2009, in …show more content…
millions of dollars every year from a decline in health care costs and renovation costs and repairs that have been done in public housing units. Last year, the CDC estimated that a ban on smoking in public housing would save the U.S. $153 million a year due to a reduce in these expenses (“Smoke-Free Public Housing”). There will be a decline in healthcare costs due to less exposure to tobacco smoke, which will result in less medical problems for these residents. The HUD predicts that $94 million will be saved. This is the cost of healthcare for low-income children (Pyke). The rates of smoking have remained higher among Medicaid receivers than people who are insured through the private market. Many of the families living in public housing are recipients of