Rent: The Teacher's Resource

Objective

Students will consider how to effectively search for rental accommodations.

Curriculum Links

• LIFE15 (c) Compare and rank accommodation options available (e.g., apartment, house, room and board) to meet personal housing requirements using criteria such as security deposit, cost of rent, cleanliness, accessibility, location, parking, access to amenities and services, size and utilities.
  

Procedure

1. Look back to the previous lesson, focusing on what types of rental accommodations students chose as their ideals, why they made that choice, and what they would be willing to compromise.

2. Review “Finding a Place to Live” with the class.
KEY QUESTIONS
• Would you be concerned about the accuracy of answers that landlords provide for certain “points to consider”? Where else could you turn for answers?
• What factors would make negotiating better terms with the landlord a good idea?
• What factors would come into play when choosing an ideal roommate?

3. Students should now have enough basic information to begin the search for a specific rental home. Using the information in Finding a Place to Live, have students find potential homes that they would be comfortable renting, in their community or in a community they wish to move to. Consider pairing up students who would like to be roommates to do their search as a roommate situation.

4. To supplement this lesson, students could view an episode of For Rent. The program introduces the joys and challenges that renters face in finding a home. For Rent is available on several free streaming
services