Housing/Camping

Making Your Environment Safe, Chapter Four of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Survival Guide 2nd Ed. by Pamela Reed Gibson PhD YOU NEED THIS! http://www.chemicalsensitivityfoundation.org/pdf/gibson-multiple-chemical-sensitivity-survival-guide-excerpt.pdf

Re/Shelter http://reshelter.org/

Seeking a New Place to Live If Your Home Makes You Sick http://www.eiwellspring.org/IfYourHomeMakesYouSick.htm

MCS Housing http://www.healsoaz.org/housing.htm

MCS Housing http://ciin.org/housing.html

Breathing Easy Environmental Analysis and Technology http://www.breathing-easy.net/home

Construction

Re/Shelter Safer Construction Tips http://reshelter.org/safer-construction-tips/

My Chemical-Free House (for construction) https://www.mychemicalfreehouse.net

Homes For People With Multiple Chemical Sensitivities   http://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c15/e1-32-03-04.pdf

Shurtape http://site.mawebcenters.com/elfoustcoinc/catalog_i6558982.html?catId=27…

Yellow Canary Build Green Guide http://yellowcanary.com/build_green/

EcoNest http://www.paulabakerlaporte.com/

EcoTech Design Studio http://ecotechdesignstudio.com/

Heating and Cooling for MCS http://www.eiwellspring.org/HeatingAndCooling.htm

Breathing Easy Environmental Analysis and Technology http://www.breathing-easy.net/

Temporary/Emergency Housing

Emergency Safer Housing http://reshelter.org/safer-housing/emergency/

Fast and Simple Temporary Housing http://www.eiwellspring.org/saferh/teh/FastTempHousing.htm

Tent Living http://reshelter.org/articles/tent-living-part-1/

Safer Camping http://www.eiwellspring.org/SaferCamping.htm

Safer Camping Equipment http://www.eiwellspring.org/SaferCampingEquipment.htm

Building Shelters Outdoors http://www.wilderness-survival.net/shelters-2.php

Legal Information (also see Legal Support)

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
(602) 379-4461
Request the MCS Information Packet, which includes citations and descriptions of helpful recent legal decisions regarding safe housing.

(Canada) Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/?page_id=674

Disability Access Checklist Guide for Government Owned & Leased premises (Australia) http://www.sacfs.asn.au/download/SA%20Gov%20Access%20Assement%20%20guide%20version%20SBF%20final%20DTEI%202007_30_11.pdf

Invisible Disabilities Association http://www.invisibledisabilities.org/

Books

Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living by Annie Berthold-Bond (a woman with MCS)

Living Well With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity by Lisa Bradford

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Survival Guide 2nd Ed. by Pamela Reed Gibson PhD

Your Home, Your Health and Well Being by David Rousseau (Author), W. J. Rea (Author), Jean Enwright (Author)

Optimum Environments For Optimum Health and Creativity: Designing and Building a Healthy Home or Office by M.D. William J. Rea

Understanding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Causes, Effects, Personal Experiences and Resources by Els Valkenburg