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Housing Stability

Manage your living environment.

These twelve folders cover the items, records, schedules, access, transportation, maintenance, and technology required to manage a household.

twelve folders

Each folder has a different job

Each folder establishes a different record and gives the agent a different job. The folders do not run in a required sequence.

01
InventorySTARTING
DefinitionA record of items a household keeps available for use.
In Universe CityYour agent establishes the groceries, household supplies, hygiene products, and other items you replace regularly. For each item, record the quantity you normally keep and how long that amount usually lasts.
What you buildA household baseline showing what you normally keep and when recurring items are expected to need replenishment.
02
Storage
DefinitionKeeping items in a place until they are needed.
In Universe CityWhat is boxed away, where it is, and whether it is worth what it costs to keep. Paid storage, the loft, the back of the wardrobe.
What you buildA map of what is stored, where, and what it costs you to hold.
03
Sanitation
DefinitionConditions relating to cleanliness and the removal of waste.
In Universe CityCleaning, laundry, bins and waste. What has to be done, how often, by whom, and what is currently overdue.
What you buildA cleaning system sized to the hours you actually have.
04
Organization
DefinitionArranging things into a working order.
In Universe CityWhere everything lives, so that you and anyone else in the house can find it without asking.
What you buildA household map putting what you use most where you use it.
05
Information
DefinitionFacts recorded about something.
In Universe CityThe facts about your home that do not change. Where the water shutoff is, which breaker runs which room, the wifi, who owns the building, the plumber you call, which day the bins go out, the make and model of the appliances.
What you buildA house file holding how your home works and who to call when it stops.
06
Administration
DefinitionThe running of routine business affairs.
In Universe CityThe things with dates on them. Rent, bills, renewals, filings, and the paper trail proving you paid.
What you buildA household calendar of what is due and what it costs, with a record of what you sent and when.
07
Law
DefinitionRules made by a government and enforced by it.
In Universe CityYour rights where you live. What a lease actually says, what a notice actually means, and what a landlord can and cannot do.
What you buildA tenancy and rights file holding your lease, your deposit, and every notice you have received.
08
Privacy
DefinitionBeing free from being observed, entered or disturbed.
In Universe CityWho can get into your home and how. Locks, keys, entry notice, lighting, and whether the place is actually secure. Then who holds your information. Who has your address, what is public that you did not choose, and what you can get removed.
What you buildA record of who can get in and who holds your information, and what you have changed or had taken down.
09
Transportation
DefinitionThe means by which a person moves from one place to another.
In Universe CityEverything you move around on and everything it takes to keep it running. A car, a bike, a scooter, a bus pass, or rides from other people. Registration, insurance, mileage, gas, fares, tires, parking and tolls. Then the routes themselves, how long each actually takes, and what happens the day it fails.
What you buildA record of what you move around on, what it costs you a month, how long your real routes take, and a backup for each one.
10
Maintenance
DefinitionThe work of keeping something in working condition.
In Universe CityItems you own that need servicing. Home, vehicle, appliances. When each was last done, when the next is due, who is responsible, and proof that you asked. The vehicle itself and what it costs to run are recorded in Transportation.
What you buildA maintenance schedule with dates requested and dates completed.
11
Technology
DefinitionEquipment and systems used to do practical work.
In Universe CityThe devices and accounts a household runs on, what each is tied to, what it costs monthly, and what happens if one is lost.
What you buildA device and account registry showing what you have and what depends on it.
12
Communal Space
DefinitionAreas shared between more than one household.
In Universe CitySpace you use but do not control alone. Hallways, laundry, yards, and the people you share them with. Chores, money, guests and noise.
What you buildA shared space agreement recording what was agreed and what is not working.
membership

Inventory is the starting folder here

Membership starts Inventory alongside Time, Salary, and Standards. The four folders are active together.

See membership
the other three
DEPARTMENT I
Agency Assessment
Folder 01 · Time →
DEPARTMENT III
Career Development
Folder 01 · Salary →
DEPARTMENT IV
Life Management
Folder 01 · Standards →