PLAY THIS ROLE: FAMILY #1
You are a 27 year old parent with 2 children, ages 3 and 7 years old. You are meeting with a landlord today and
your goal is to find an apartment that is closer to your job and in a safer neighborhood.
You have an hourly job at a supermarket, and you’re able to make ends meet, but not easily. Your current
apartment is too far from your job and you worry about your children’s safety in the neighborhood.
You have never been evicted, but you have a few late payments to your current landlord, and your credit is
otherwise fair.
Feel free to realistically elaborate your role as questions arise.
Game Steps
Step 1: Everyone takes a role and reads their description to themselves and then identifies to the group what their
role is. Players should not read their role aloud. Observer takes the score sheet and prepares to score each step as
well as record observations throughout each step of the simulation.
Step 2: Landlord interviews Family #1 and completes score sheet. Observer records impressions.
Step 3: Landlord interviews Family #2 and completes score sheet. Observer records impressions.
Step 4: The Housing Locator participates in a second interview with Family #2 and the Landlord. During this
interview, the Landlord should compete the appropriate score sheet and the Observer records impressions. When
this interview is complete the Landlord turns in their first three score sheets to the Observer.
Step 5: Two meetings will now take place simultaneously, and will be rated by other players:
A. The Landlord decided to rent to Family #2, who has moved into their apartment. Now that they have
moved in, the Rapid Re-Housing Case Manager will meet with Family #2 to develop their 6-Month Case
Plan. This meeting will be rated by Observer and Housing Locator.
B. Family #3 is still living in the shelter. The Shelter Case Manager will now meeting with Family #3 to
develop their 6-Month Case Plan. This meeting will be rated by the Landlord and Family #1.
Scoring: Observer compiles all the score sheets on the master score sheet, tallies the score according to
instructions and prepares to report back to the clinic debriefing.
Step 5B: Rating Sheet
The Landlord and Family #1 each complete a separate copy of this score sheet. Do not ask any questions, just
observe the case plan meeting and provide a score for each statement.
The following statements should be given a score from 1 to 7, with 1 being very unlikely, and 7 being almost
certainly.
I believe Family #3 is likely to make a lot of progress on this case plan in the next 6 months.
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I believe that Family #3 is likely to be in a housing unit 6 months from now.
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I believe that 6 months from now, Family #3 is likely to have enough income from employment to regularly pay
rent for a decent apartment.
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I believe that Family #3 will never become homeless again. (Note: there’s the potential for a double negative here.
It was the only way to make the scoring work.)
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Add up all the scores and put a final score below.
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