Discuss and list factors that contribute to homelessness.

Read these articles about families that need to live in cars and elderly people who are homeless.

Describe the impact of homelessness on people’s wellbeing (social, physical, mental, and emotional).

Describe ways that your community helps people with housing issues.

Explore these videos and articles to learn about futuristic housing options.

• 10 crazy house/whare designs of the future
• Project: The future of senior living
• The world’s first off grid ecocapsule
• 10 homes that show how we'll live in the future
• Tiny homes that are big on technology

In pairs, prepare an initial 5 key questions about housing issues in your community that you could ask a councillor. Contact your councillor and arrange a time for an interview or online chat.Record the interview and share your findings with your class.

If there are no issues in your community, what questions would you ask the councillors in these areas. View the links:

Habitat for Humanity and Rotorua District Lakes Council in discussions over pensioner housing

As a group, read the Future Brief or listen to it as a podcast. Write down some of the imagined housing options for elderly people or draw a sketch of them. You may need to read or listen to it more than once.

As a group, compare these options and explain which ones would best suit your own community.

Complete The four elements of financial wellbeing.

In financial wellbeing, assets are things that have a positive impact on financial wellbeing and liabilities are things that have a negative impact. List some assets and liabilities related to financial wellbeing and explain why you have categorised them in this way.

View the links and discuss why each project was started.

• Dress for Success
• Suits n smiles drive

Find out about similar initiatives that support people in your community.

Take action. Be an influencer. How might you create a new idea to help someone overcome their barrier to success? See these initiatives Dress for Success, Suits n smiles drive for inspiration.

Plan some steps you could take to protect your financial future and wellbeing.

View Insurance Powerpoint and Infographic.

List common features of houses/whare, for example, living spaces and appliances.

Investigate what the building rules are for tiny houses/whare, for example, whether you can build one on any piece of land.

Calculate the surface area of the geometric shapes used in your tiny house/whare floor plan.

Calculate the volume of the geometric shapes used in your tiny house/whare floor plan.

Explain the features of your tiny house/whare. Use mathematical equations and symbols to explain your thinking.