One page that holds the whole picture.
Over the last seven modules, you have built the pieces of something that most households never assemble: an honest, complete view of what your housing actually costs, what agreements govern it, who is responsible for what, what your situation allows and restricts, and what you have done to prepare for the most likely disruptions. This module pulls those pieces together into one artifact.
Why the assembled view matters
Each module's worksheet answered a specific question. The cost breakdown mapped what you pay. The lease terms documented what you agreed to. The mortgage terms recorded the debt structure. The self-reliance map showed what your situation allows. The disruption preparation identified your biggest risks and first steps. Individually, each one is useful. Together, they form a housing operating picture that lets you see the connections: the cost that could become a problem, the responsibility that no one has clearly claimed, the insurance question that remains unresolved, the lease clause you still need to verify.
What gets added here
The assembly worksheet below reviews everything you have entered across the course and asks you to fill in three things that do not belong to any single module but belong to the whole picture:
- Key contacts: landlord, property manager, mortgage servicer, insurance agent, utility providers
- Unresolved items: questions about a lease clause, an insurance coverage gap, a state-law question, a maintenance issue to budget for
- Follow-up dates: when the lease renews, when insurance comes due, when to revisit the cost breakdown
These are the items that fall through the cracks between categories. A contact list that only exists in your phone. A coverage question you meant to ask your agent. A lease renewal date that will arrive faster than you expect. Writing them down here means they exist in the same place as everything else.
The Housing Reality Sheet is not a permanent record. It is a living document you update when the rent changes, the lease renews, the insurance adjusts, or the circumstances shift.
What this course has built
You can now explain what your housing really costs, what you are contractually and legally agreeing to, and which risks remain your responsibility. That is the capability standard for Unit 7, and the Housing Reality Sheet is the proof that you can do it for your own household rather than in the abstract. Come back to it when the numbers change.
Review your earlier work
This module assembles your earlier work. If any module feels incomplete, go back and fill it in before finishing here.
Assemble the Housing Reality Sheet.
Review what you have built across the course. Add the missing pieces: key contacts, unresolved items, and follow-up dates. Identify anything that needs attention before the next lease renewal, insurance cycle, or cost change.