Cob do it yourself building codes

[Robert Bolman]

 As chairman of the Eugene, Oregon chapter of the Northwest Ecobuilding
Guild, I wish to form a subcommittee to change the Oregon building codes to
allow people to build environmentally appropriate housing.  

My attitude is that as long as a house isn't energy wasteful and isn't
going to fall in on anybody or make people sick, it should be ok to build
it.  In other words, something like earthen plaster, which is not going to
harm anybody, should be allowed - even though there can be no definitive
laboratory testing on earthen plaster because the clay will always vary
from one place to another.  

It's a sad state of affairs that it's virtually illegal in most parts of
the U.S. to build a truly sustainable house.  The U.S. with all its wealth
has an embarrassing number of homeless people.  Isn't housing an
internationally recongnized human right?

Any feedback or guidance on this task would be welcome.

Robert Bolman