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Every CareerKit has one unit devoted to being a consumer or user of the sector. In Healthcare, it’s for patients. In Education, it’s for students. In Construction, the consumer unit is House and Home, and is for everyone for rents a home, lives in a home, or needs a home. Through reading, writing and math activities, it addresses topics as housing costs, where to find affordable housing, what to do if you think you’ve been discriminated against, a landlord’s responsibilities and how to advocate for housing needs, and even home maintenance literacy — common tools that can be inexpensively purchased to maintain a safe and clean home, in the absence of care from a landlord.

Housing Costs
The issue of rent burden is explored, through graphs and mathematic calculations.
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Housing Options

Sources of affordable and supported housing are discussed, through informational texts.

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Accessing Housing Rights

Charts and infographics on steps to take when housing rights are violated is included.

followed by an interpretation of the charts:

Tools and their uses: Home maintenance literacy

Students learn about the responsibilities of landlords, how to advocate for their housing needs, and tools that are commonly used in household maintenance tasks, that can be purchased inexpensively at hardware stores.