Public housing bill overreaches

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 05, 2012

~~<p>When there is an impulse to change people's behavior, passing a law is often seized on as a logical response. Unfortunately, it's often the wrong one.</p>
<p>The debate over regulating smoking in publicly subsidized housing provides the perfect example. The on-again, off-again push toban smoking in most parts of public housing complexes seems to be on again, after the most recent review of House Bill 46 by a key Senate panel.</p>
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When there is an impulse to change people's behavior, passing a law is often seized on as a logical response. Unfortunately, it's often the wrong one.

The debate over regulating smoking in publicly subsidized housing provides the perfect example. The on-again, off-again push toban smoking in most parts of public housing complexes seems to be on again, after the most recent review of House Bill 46 by a key Senate panel. Login for more...