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Finding your space: Navigating housing options
Finding your space: Navigating housing options
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Moving to a new place is a significant step towards independence. Whether it's your first room, a shared apartment, or your own flat, understanding your options and the process involved is crucial. This activity will guide you through exploring different housing possibilities and key considerations when moving.
The Kwikstart app offers helpful videos to support you in this process. Watch the video related to finding a place to live and moving.
By completing this activity, you will
- Browse, searching and filtering data, information and digital content: especially searching, filtering, and evaluating information
- Problem Solving: especially identifying needs and finding solutions
- Communication and Collaboration: particularly from the perspective of youth workers who use digital resources to support young people
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Finding a suitable and affordable place to live is a crucial step towards independence for young people across Europe. Understanding the different types of housing available, the costs involved, and the legal aspects can be overwhelming. Digital tools and resources can play a vital role in providing accessible and understandable information. The Kwikstart app and video on finding a place to live offers a starting point for navigating these complexities.
Take action: activities for different roles
Explore the role-specific badges below to access activities designed to enhance your understanding and support young people in the area of housing.
Claim open badge recognition
Upon completing the activities, participants can claim digital badges recognizing their competence in:
- Young people: Understanding housing options and the moving process and work on information and data literacy and digital problem solving (Savvy Mover).
- Youth workers: Guiding young people through housing challenges using digital resources and work on digital communication and collaboration and digital problem solving (Housing Support Guide).
- Managers in youth work: Strategically integrating digital tools to support youth housing, digital problem solving, information and data literacy and digital communication and collaboration (Strategic Housing Advocate).
Who created this resource
Awero, Lithuania (Project Lead) Breakthrough Foundation, Netherlands Curaçao Innovation & Technology Institute (CITI) TiPovej! Zavod - Institute for Creative Society, Slovenia
Next steps
Explore the other videos in the Kwikstart app related to living independently. Consider how these topics intersect and how you can further support young people in developing essential life skills.
Resources
Get activity badge
Badge for Young People: Savvy Mover Get this badge
Awarded for exploring different housing options and understanding key aspects of moving to a new place. This badge recognizes your initiative in learning about finding suitable accommodation.
Skills and experiences gained
This badge aligns with LifeComp and DigComp competence frameworks and supports the development of:
- Browsing, searching and filtering data, information and digital content (identifying relevant housing resources)
- Evaluating data, information and digital content (checking relevant housing resources)
- Critical thinking (evaluating different housing options)
- Ability to manage transitions and uncertainty, and to face challenges (understanding the steps involved in moving)
- Managing data, information and digital content (using digital tools like the Kwikstart app for information)
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Complete the following tasks to earn the Savvy Mover badge.
Activity
- Watch & Learn: Watch the "Wonen" (Finding a place to live) video in the Kwikstart app.
- Explore Options: Based on the video and your own research (if applicable), identify at least two different types of housing options available to young people (e.g., renting a room, shared apartment, student housing). Briefly describe the pros and cons of each option. (Consider general pros/cons like cost, independence, social interaction).
- Key Considerations: What are at least three important things a young person should consider before deciding on a place to live and moving in (e.g., cost, location, contract terms, roommates)?
Claim the badge
Task: Share your findings on housing options and key considerations. Evidence: Submit a short written reflection (or audio/video if preferred) outlining the two housing options you explored and the three key considerations.
Organisers
Digital Youth Work Resource Hub
Awero not-for-profit organisation manages this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@awero.org.
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