MCS Housing/Buildings
Resources on Safe Housing
- A Comprehensive Document about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and housing (The Canary Report)
- Accommodating Persons with Disabilities (Canada)
- Addressing Indoor Air Quality in Toronto and Recommendations
- Alternative Refuge (U.S.)
- Architectural House Plans
- Architectural House Plans: Products
- Assessment of the Indoor Air Quality of a Suite for an Environmentally Hypersensitive Occupant (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Barrhaven Non-Profit Housing (Ontario)
- Canada Green Building Council
- Disability Access to Housing for Individuals with Allergy and Chemical Sensitivity (Allergy, Sensitivity and Environmental Health Association)
- Ecology House (California)
- Environmental Control Plan for Chemically Injured Persons and Preventing Chemical Injury (Dr. Grace Ziem, ChemicalInjury.net)
- Environmental Health Association Ontario
- General Information on Locality, Housing Materials and House Design (Allergy, Sensitivity and Environmental Health Association)
- IEQ Indoor Environmental Quality (U.S.)
- International Institute for Bau-Biologie and Ecology
- MCS Safe Homes (housing listings and resources)
- Research House for the Environmentally Sensitive (Canada)
- Reshelter
- Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program for Persons with Disabilities (Canada)
- Robert Stellar at Breathing Easy, environmental analysis and technology, products and services for healthy buildings (Canada)
- Taylor Design Healthy Homes
- The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities (Canada)
- Policy and Guidelines on Disability and the Duty to Accommodate (Ontario)
- Understanding and Accommodating People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Independent Living
Resources for Property Managers
- “Creating Healthy Housing.” Article in Fair Exchange, the magazine of the Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario (March 2010) PDF
- “Creating Healthy Apartments: What You Need to Know” pamphlet. English French Arabic Chinese Punjabi Russian Spanish Tamil Urdu
- Creating Healthy Multi-Unit Housing: A Resource Guide. PDF
- More resources: http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/?page_id=674
Resources on Safe Building Materials
- Architectural House Plans: Products
- The Oasis Room (how to create a safe room for yourself) by Katherine Whited, ND.
- Robert Stellar at Breathing Easy, environmental analysis and technology, products and services for healthy buildings (Canada)
- Safer Building Materials For People Who Can’t Tolerate Many Commonly Used Chemicals. By Miriam Finkel, Kata Orndorff, Ariel Barfield, and Faith Spaulding. Ecologic News, Volume 17, No. 2, Spring 1999.
Resources and Articles on Green Building
- Ecological Builder
- EcoNest
- What You Need to Know about Managing PCBs in Construction Materials – An Emerging Environmental Issue
- Your Healthy House: Indoor Environmental Testing and Building Consulting
The above links are posted for informational purposes only. The Canary Report is not responsible for the content of external websites, and the listing does not infer endorsement.
