{"id":2243,"date":"2012-06-11T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2020-12-24T00:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T08:35:15","slug":"stamping-out-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/stamping-out-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamping out Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/06\/towbes_logo_icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2248\" title=\"Towbes Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/06\/towbes_logo_icon.png\" alt=\"TGI Logo\" width=\"230\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>Last week we told you about the growing national trend of apartment communities that are <a title=\"Apartment smoking bans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/news\/shutting-out-smokers\/1701.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prohibiting smoking altogether,<\/a> rather than limiting smokers to certain apartments, and have been backed up by legislation in some states that OKs the restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Yardi client <a title=\"Towbes Group Santa Barbara\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towbes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Towbes Group<\/a> of Santa Barbara, which has multifamily and commercial properties on California&#8217;s Central Coast, announced that it is going smoke free in all of its apartments. New renters moving in will be prohibited from smoking in their units, and any existing tenants are required to cease smoking on Towbes properties by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The incentive for the change? Financial.<\/p>\n<p>Towbes vice president Jim Carrillo told the <a title=\"LA Times Towbes smoking ban story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-property-report-20120611,0,7927635.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> that the company spends considerably more rehabbing apartments for the next tenant if the previous occupant has been smoking in the unit. Residents with concerns about secondhand smoke and residual smoke that saturates walls and carpets will certainly welcome the change. With 13 apartment communities and nearly 2100 units, Towbes is the first major California property manager to institute a total on-site smoking ban.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about the new legislation that offers landlords the chance to ban smoking? Would you prefer to rent in a smoke-free community? Or do you think the new legislation is too restrictive?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we told you about the growing national trend of apartment communities that are prohibiting smoking altogether, rather than limiting smokers to certain apartments, and have been backed up by legislation in some states that OKs the restrictions. 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