Road to Renting Documentation

A Word About the Curriculum

On this page, you will find the curriculum, supportive materials and certificates for the Road to Renting Program. These materials are available to member agencies who have signed an MOU with Transitions, the lead developers and owners of the curriculum. Please contact the Road to Renting Educator at 509-455-4249 if you have any questions about your MOU or if you have questions or suggestions about the Road to Renting Program.

Debt Management and Money Management

Supplemental Materials

This two-page document is an example of a monthly starter budget. The first column is for keeping track of the first months spending. The second column shows budgeted amounts for the second month. The third column is to keep track of actual expenses and spending in the second month.

This is a short handout about how collection agencies operate. It could be helpful to people who need to pay down their debt.

Public Records can seriously affect credit scores so understanding what they are helps people make informed choices.

This handout gives steps that can be taken when one’s identity is stolen.

Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

Supplemental Materials

Discussion Activity: Through problem solving and discussions, clients refer to their own experiences and knowledge to work through situations that help them to understand the information in the packets.

Questions and answers about small claims court and what to expect.

Although this information is written to inform tenants, the reading level and issue-specific language could be challenging for many people who are otherwise uninformed about this matter.

This is most everything you ever wanted to know about requesting an accommodation or modification. It includes a sample verification form, and an abundance of information on discrimination and criminal history.

The City of Spokane Fire Department provides and installs smoke alarms for free in qualifying homes.

This PowerPoint can be used with your participants as you go through the curriculum with them.

Finding a Home

Supplemental Materials

(Libby’s Dilemma) This is a problem solving situation for participants to work through.

Participants make a fire escape diagram of their homes and learn what to do in case of fire.

This is a page of ads like one might find in the newspaper.

This 2-page handout explains AMI and affordable housing resources in Spokane.

Here you will find a link to Whitman County Accessor information.

Includes updated information about Road to Renting changes this year.

A strengths-based approach that is grounded in the understanding of the impact of trauma within the context of service delivery.

Roommates

Supplemental Materials

This unit is meant to help clients who are looking for or already living with roommates. It includes:

• Roommates the the Landlord/Tenant Law in Washington State
• Compatibility Issues. Take a quiz to find out the kind of roommate you are.
• Problem Solving. What would you do?
• Roommate Agreements. What do you include in an agreement?

Support Materials

This handout gives general information about the Road to Renting Program.

Here are the goals and outcomes for each unit of the program. It tells you what the clients should know and be able to do when they finish the classes.

This resource gives several practical mini-stories about real people. The tales are related to the many aspects of the Road to Renting curriculum.

Documents

NOTE: Each section of the Road to Renting Program has a separate certificate. The front side is where you write the participant’s name, the agency giving the certificate, and the date. The facilitator then signs it. The back side shows what the participant learned in each section. The back side is helpful to landlords and managers who aren’t aware of the program and want to know what to expect from their tenant applicants.

NOTE ABOUT CERTIFICATE FORMS: You will notice that each of the certificates below includes a “Form.” These are the certificates that you can download and type in the information, rather than writing it in by hand. Just delete the examples already there (Participant’s Name, Agency or Program, Date) and type in your own information. It’s best to use Adobe Acrobat Reader for this, rather than other document readers like Preview. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded free if you don’t have it.

For those who have completed the Debt Management and Money Management Section. There is a front side with space to write the participant’s name and a back side that shows what the participant learned.

For those who have completed the Tenant Rights and Responsibilities section. There is a front side with space to write the participant’s name and a back side that shows what the participant learned.

For those who have completed the Finding a Home section. There is a front side with space to write the participant’s name and a back side that shows what the participant learned.

For those who have completed the Roommates section.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about the curriculum, please contact the Road to Renting Educator at Transitions' Women’s Hearth at 509-455-4249 or email roadtorenting@help4women.org