Does Crime Free Housing really work?

YES!!! Crime and drug infested properties around the country have seen dramatic decreases in calls for police service after CFH was implemented. The Village of Schaumburg, Illinois’s Crime Free Housing was started in 1999. During the first five years of their program they experienced a 12 % decrease in calls for police service at their 18 major rental properties. During this same time period, calls for police service village wide increased by 16%. One apartment community in Schaumburg had a 52% reduction in calls for police in the first 2 years after adopting the Crime Free Housing Program. It is apparent that the efforts of their CFMH program working with rental property managers along with regular patrol officers and specialty units have been effective. Additionally, several rental apartment communities have become either certified or are becoming certified in the CFH program while a number of Homeowners Associations have adopted the principals of CFH in their rules and regulations to deal with the number of rental (non owner occupied) units in their associations.