Doing a Happy Dance...Don't Have to Move.... :)

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Well, after spending most of the night awake and worrying about having to move...it turns out I had nothing to worry about. I called the apartment onwers this morning and talked to a woman that handles our complex. I told her what the manager had told me about the 2 new rules (an additional $315.00 deposit for nicotine damage and the apartments becoming a smoke free complex). She seemed really surprised to hear about this and told me that there is no plans to make a smoke free complex...at least in the individual apartments. The public buildings (office, laundry room, ect.) yes, they are no smoking areas. However, they can't make the apartments like that b/c they are a corporation and they receive federal funding. They said it would be disciminating for them to do that and that non-smokers as well as smokers are protected. I told her I just wanted to find out for sure b/c with Hubby being disabled if we had to move we would need to have as much time as possible. She said that was fine and there were no plans to do anything like that. As for the deposit, she said they had been discussing that and it might happen down the road but wouldn't affect us b/c we would be grandfathered in. She said anyone new moving in after they add that rule would have to pay it but not ones already here. Talk about a load off my mind!! I also found out that 2 bedroom apartments/houses in our area are going for $500.-$750. a month, you pay all the utilities, some accept pets but out of the 8 I found 6 said no smoking. I am so glad we don't have to worry about this anymore. I can quit worrying and go back to enjoying my days. Not to mention Hubby is doing a happy dance this morning. LOL Do you think it's fair to ban smoking in apartments/houses that you rent? Does your home have a no smoking rule? **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~~~