III. Consumer Skills Related to Housing Needs

TEA Units of Study: TEKS "Knowledge and skills" subsections covered:

A. Housing issues

• (3) The student demonstrates effective consumer skills related to housing needs.
  • (A) explain consumer rights and responsibilities associated with renting or buying a home

B. Financing a home

• (3) The student demonstrates effective consumer skills related to housing needs.
  • (B) analyze legal and financial aspects of purchasing and leasing housing

C. Housing costs and skills

• (3) The student demonstrates effective consumer skills related to housing needs.
  • (C) propose money-management skills necessary to make the transition from renting to home ownership

Resources:

• The Confident Consumer, Goodheart-Willcox Company, 2004
• Consumer Education and Economics, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Division, 2003
• Goals for Living, Goodheart-Willcox Company, 2001
• Consumer Jungle – Independent Living Unit http://www.consumerjungle.org
• FCCLA Financial Fitness http://www.texasfccla.org
• FannieMae http://www.fanniemae.com
• Federal Citizen Information Center http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cfocus/cfhomebuying07/focus.htm
• Freddie Mac http://www.freddiemac.com/corporate/buying_and_owning.html
• Home Buying Institute http://www.homebuyinginstitute.com
• Housing and Urban Development http://www.hud.gov
• Realtors, Loan Specialists
• Texas Real Estate Commission http://www.trec.state.tx.us