Housing for Spoonies (Facebook Groups)

joyful-morning-robin-mead — Art: Robin Mead

Facebook groups for people with chronic illness and disabilities looking to improve their housing scene

Finding Housing

Roommates for Invisible Illnesses (CFS, ME, Fibro, Lyme, etc)

E! Safe Housing (Environmental intolerances)

Affordable Housing

Disability Support and Self-Advocacy in HUD, Section 8 & Low Income Housing – Welcomes anyone living in low-income housing, applying, or interested in applying. For anyone who self-identifies as disabled (you do not have to be approved for disability). Also welcomes family members and caregivers who live with people with disabilities.

Housing Choice Voucher Section 8 Friends – Not specifically for disabilities. Open to all people on Housing Vouchers.

Affordable Housing Online – Announcements about openings of wait lists across the country.

IHSS and HUD – Be careful there are some Facebook sites on this topic that people are reporting to be scams. Please do not give money to anyone unless you have confirmed they are from a legitimate organization. Please double check any advice you are given.

Discussion Groups

Environmental Illness Safe Housing

Mold Free Housing

Housing for Recovery from Environmental/Biotoxin Illness and ME/CFS

MCS Housing Community Discussion

Intentional Community

Communes, eco-villages, co-housing, cooperative houses: Cooperative Living on a Disability Income

MCS Resources

There are articles on Electromagnetic Free communities here. A list of housing for Multiple Chemical Sensitivities is here and here and a website about tiny houses for people with chemical sensitivities is here. This appears to be a community for people with MCS. This is the Facebook page for DFEND, is a new nonprofit group with a goal of creating housing where patients with ME and other chronic illnesses could live in non-toxic, quiet, healing environments.

Tools for Troublemakers

Section 8 Guide for the Disabled and Plucky

A Long, Long, Long List of Places You Can Call to Find Affordable Housing

Section 8 Secrets for People with Disabilities

26 Great Facebook Groups (Plus a Few Other Things)

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