References and Resources

MCS Housing Resource List

Environmentally Safer Housing

Allergy and Environmental Health Association Of Quebec (AEHAQ) Environmentally Adapted, Social Housing Project For People Suffering From Environmental Sensitivities

http://www.aeha-quebec.ca/bb_housingproject.htm

Barrhaven Non-Profit Housing Inc.

Environmental Sensitivity Units
Steepleview Crossing,
3001 Jockvale Road, Nepean, Ontario, K2J 4E4
(613) 823-6230 Fax: (613) 825-7724

http://ehaontario.ca/barrhaven-housing.htm

http://www.bnphi.org/es.htm

Canada-wide Housing Connection

1-613-278-0463

http://ehaontario.ca/interview.htm

Ecology House, San Rafael, California (built in 1994)

375 Catalina Blvd

San Rafael, CA 94901

(415) 456-4453

http://www.tikvah.com/cc/eh

eh@ecologyhouse.net

Escalante House

P.O. Box 652

Escalante UT 84726

Phone/Fax:  (435) 826-4778

toripat@color-country.net

Environmentally Friendly Housing Partnership

Pride and Joy Condos -- North

5685 South A1A Highway

Melbourne Beach, FL 32951

(321) 409-8233 - Phone

(321) 725 4883 -- FAX

http://www.prideandjoycondos.com/

damianorob@aol.com

Florida: Rooms To Rent In Pretty House In Melbourne Beach.

One large room has private bath and entrance, smaller rooms share a bath. Shared open area with kitchen, living, dining. Heated salt water pool, 30 second walk to beautiful clean beach. Pictures available. Call June.Chaplin

321-914-3588

cell 443-418-1963

email junechaplin@mac.com

Green Homes for Sale

http://greenhomesforsale.com/

The Natural Place Environmental Residence and Hotel

1962 NE 5th St.
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
954-428-5438

http://www.thenaturalplace.com/default.htm

Safe Haven Community Housing
P.O. Box 25281
Portland, Oregon 97298

judiths@teleport.com

http://www.geocities.com/safehavencommunity/#ntact

The Pandora Initiative (Canada)

http://tier10.com/

Quail Haven - MCS Housing
Just North of Tuscon, AZ
Call Diane Ensign for details:
May through January call: (406) 586-3658 (Montana).
January thrrough May call: (520) 825-7276 (Tucson).

http://madelinx.tripod.com/

Seagoville Ecology Housing
15126 Beckett Road

Seagoville, Texas 75159
(972) 287-2059 Fax: (972) 287-7682

http://www.ehcd.com/resources/ecologyhousing.html

Safer Building & Regulations

Alliance for Healthy Homes

http://www.afhh.org/

American Lung Association: Resources & Referrals for and from the Master Home Environmentalist program.
http://www.alaw.org/air_quality/more_info_and_referral/mhe-resources-and-referrals

Architectural House Plans Healthy Homes Construction Guidelines

Information: http://www.architecturalhouseplans.com/healthy_homes

Booklet: http://www.architecturalhouseplans.com/products/

Assessment of the Indoor Air Quality of a Suite for an Environmentally Hypersensitive Occupant

http://mcs-america.org/IAQforanEIOccupant.pdf

Considerations For Safer Construction And Renovation By Preston Sturgis
http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/w9394safer.html

Disability Caucus of the United States Green Party
Resources for People with Disabilities Displaced by Hurricane Katrina Providing Shelter for People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
http://immuneweb.org/dg/katrina/mcsshelter.html

Dr. Grace Ziem’s Environmental Control Plan for MCS Patients

http://www.mcsrr.org/resources/articles/S3.html

The Eco Building Guild

http://www.ecobuilding.org/

The Effect of Housing on Individuals with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

https://listserv.surfnet.nl/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9901A&L=me-net&P=R5705&m=7067

Environmentally Clean Living Unit (ECLU)

http://www.eclu.org/

Heal Your Home Center

http://www.coopamerica.org/pubs/caq/articles/Spring2008/HealYourHome.cfm

The Healthy Housing Coalition: Basic Needs for Rental Housing for Chemically Sensitive Persons

http://www.herc.org/hhc/Basicrentalneeds.html

Healthy Housing Practical Tips

https://www03.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/b2c/b2c/init.do?language=en&shop=Z01EN&areaID=0000000004&productID=00000000040000000025

IEQ Indoor Environmental Quality

http://ieq.nibs.org/ieq_project.pdf

International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology

http://www.buildingbiology.net/

LEED® Canada Green Building Rating System

http://www.cagbc.org/leed/systems/index.htm

The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities: Building codes, regulations and guidelines

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm-en.asp

Moving House - Things To Look For If You Suffer From MCS

http://www.drmyhill.co.uk/article.cfm?id=147

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS): The Controversy and Relation to Interior Design

http://www.idec.org/publication/JIDarticleMCS.pdf

Optimum Environments for Optimum Health &Creativity: Designing and Building a Healthy Home or Office, William J. Rea, M.D.

http://www.ehcd.com/books/home_building_designing.html

Recommended Architectural Features for Multi-Family Housing to Better Accommodate Chemical and Electrical Sensitivities, Susan Molloy, M.A,

http://www.ctaz.com/~bhima/recommcshous.htm

Research House for the Environmentally Hypersensitive

http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/bude/heho/upload/Research-House-for-the-Environmentally-Hypersensitive.pdf

Safer Construction Tips for the Environmentally Sensitive

http://www.planetthrive.com/members/PDFs/Safer%20Construction%20Tips%20read%20only.pdf

Understanding & Accommodating People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Independent Living, Chapter 4, The Housing Challenge in MCS

http://www.ilru.org/html/publications/bookshelf/MCS.html#chapter4

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development National Healthy Homes Conference

http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/2008NHHC.cfm

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Healthy Housing Reference Manual

http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/library/hhi/HealthyHousingReferenceManual.pdf

Builders and Building Material Suppliers

Building for Health Materials Center
http://www.buildingforhealth.com/

Environmental Home Center
http://www.environmentalhomecenter.com/home.shtml

Green Building Store

http://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/naturalpaints.php

Heating and Cooling Options for the Environmentally Sensitive
http://eiwellspring.org/HeatingAndCooling.htm

Healthy Buildings, Inc (Air Quality Testing)

http://www.healthybuilding.com/html/about_us.html

Resources for the Chemically Injured: Building Materials

http://www.lassentech.com/eibuld.html

Tad Taylor’s Healthy Homes, LLC

http://www.healthy-homes.com/

Other Resources

Extreme Home Makeover

http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/index?pn=apply

Ontario Human Rights Code: Policy and Guidelines on Disability and the Duty to Accommodate Non-Evident Disabilities

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/resources/Policies/PolicyDisAccom2?page=PolicyDisAccom21_.html#Heading84

Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program for Persons with Disabilities (Canada).

http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/prfinas/prfinas_003.cfm

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