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Jill Bellinger

Research associate, Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health

Jill Bellinger is a research associate at the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Social Work. For more, visit http://sites.utexas.edu/mental-health-institute

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Government

Smoking ban in federal housing is a bad idea

By Jill Bellinger, Nov. 23, 2015

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's latest attempt to crack down on public housing rules by proposing a smoking ban will only add to the barriers many people face in finding secure housing.