Sapient House
↓ APPLICATION Now Open! ↓
Sapient House is a dream project that I have been working on with my husband Thomas for a few years now. We are inspired to put a group of ambitious, like minded humans together in an awesome house as the next step in our designs to address a variety of different issues facing humans today. Some of the problems we hope to work on include the lack of accommodations for people with environmental illnesses, lack of affordable quality spaces in urban areas and the prevalence of mental, physical and developmental issues brought on by isolation due to the way communities are designed. To sum that up, we simply want a safe, supportive and affordable place to live with people who we think we’ll have a great time with.
We are specifically looking for a house within reasonable commuting distance to Capitol Hill where Thomas just started a job working with homeless and mentally ill clients. I will continue working from home as an applied anthropologist and content creator, mainly working on lifestyle, health and nutrition related topics. I definitely plan to broadcast from Sapient House and would LOVE IT if my housemates wanted to participate or had channels/ social media accounts of their own.
We are specifically looking for a house within reasonable commuting distance to Capitol Hill where Thomas just started a job working with homeless and mentally ill clients. I will continue working from home as an applied anthropologist and content creator, mainly working on lifestyle, health and nutrition related topics. I definitely plan to broadcast from Sapient House and would LOVE IT if my housemates wanted to participate or had channels/ social media accounts of their own.
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Qualities of an Ideal Sapient Housemate
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If you are interested in living together please fill out the form below and I will be in touch. We intend to move in somewhere between September and November, the sooner we put the right group together and find the space, the better! Please note that if you are not selected for this iteration of Sapient House, there will be more opportunities in the future as I intend to organize more houses going forward, specially for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) and other environmental illnesses.
On the Hunt for a Safer Rental
Finding a home that can accommodate a group of adults, some of whom have Multiple Chemical Sensitivities or other environmental illnesses has been a near impossible task since humans started falling ill with these conditions in the early 20th century. As many as 55 million* Americans are currently reporting being negatively impacted by chemicals, often found in building materials and fragranced consumer products, 22 million* of which have missed work or had to leave their jobs entirely due to exposure. The most important piece in any environmentally ill person's attempt to recover is having safe and sustainable accommodations. Unfortunately, various studies are showing that as many as 90% of of people who have MCS will experience homelessness at some point in their journey and at least 60%* are currently in need of safer shelter. I personally have had a very hard time finding places to live since I started experiencing MCS back in 2015 and I was even homeless for a time. I have worked with other canaries and allies to put together a list of qualities that make up a safer space. I hope that living in a home like this will help me recover from MCS once and for all.
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