Save Money,
Save Your Building
 Going smoke-free saves you money - and helps save your building. Some interesting facts:
• Maintenance Savings. Sanford Housing Authority Chart can be viewed here.
• Risk of Fire. Smoking is the leading cause of household fires. Of
the property completely destroyed in 2002, an estimated $6.055 billion
occurred in residential structures, an estimated $9.26 million of which
occurred in apartments. (NFPA Fire Analysis and Research, Fire Loss in
the U.S. During 2002.)
• Improved Resale Opportunities.
Recent research suggests that smoke-free apartment buildings may have
increased re-sale value, should you ever decide to sell your building.
Agents who have assisted people selling or shopping for everything from
starter-home Capes to Victorian mansions agree: As the number of public
places in which a person can smoke has shrunk, so has the number of
home buyers who are even willing to consider a house with smoking in
its past. (New York Times, "Real Estate & Secondhand Smoke: On
Tobacco Road, It's a Tougher Sell," February 8, 2004.)
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