He has had his residency visa approved so can stay there for at least another year...and then would have to renew it. He is working on a big project in collaboration with several other artists in the area so that's keeping him busy.
I believe they sell Affresh by the laundry soap. My machine says to use it periodically, but I never have. I use less laundry soap than suggested on the bottles based on the info that came with my HE machine. I also use the Norwex laundry soap for some of my laundry and it is supposed to be better for the machine as well.