Safe Housing

Once you develop MCS, housing can become very complicated.

I have a beautiful home that was successfully rid of mold but I can’t live there.  The drywall and paint can take up to a year and a half (some people say longer) to totally off gas the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC‘s) plus I had installed new laminate flooring that will continue to off gas for up to a year, maybe more.  All the new purchases, furniture, couches, mattress, bedding, clothes etc..………THOSE things I could have done something about, but not the repair work and unfortunately I can‘t afford to wait it out…..especially now that I‘m not working.

If I’d known about the possibility of MCS I would have installed tile, and had the repairmen use Low or No VOC materials …….or HECK, I would have just left the damn hole in the wall open….at least I’d be able to live in my own home.

I’m actually one of the lucky few who HAD mold coverage so I was able to have the mold properly removed.  Most insurance companies have (quietly) dropped mold from their policies in recent years and many policy holders learn the hard way that they are not covered.  Unless they have a ton of money, because it’s expensive to have mold properly removed………..many are forced to abandon their home………..and then they can’t even sell it if they haven’t gotten rid of the mold.  Believe me I’m counting my blessings on this one!

You’ll hear me use the term *safe housing* and what that means to Canaries is………..mold free, fragrance free, no pesticides and no recent repairs….recent being a subjective word.

There are several sites posting ads for “mscsafehousing” but sadly there is a glut of people in search and so few homes available…………most of which are unaffordable and would take you geographically away from everyone you know anyway
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The house I rented in the desert wasn’t working so I’m back at Marks…in San Luis Obispo.  It had been painted 6 months ago and I was hoping it would be ok…but not so much.  And the isolation…..Not so good for me.

So the search continues.