This curriculum was developed to give adult basic education (ABE) teachers starting points for developing their own units around housing-related issues. The texts have been chosen thematically, rather than by skill level. The materials are designed for group work--oral reading and discussion. Readings focus on housing repairs, court procedures, eviction, leases, organizing public housing tenants, tenant management, organizing the homeless, gentrification, and black urban development, especially in the Philadelphia area. The curriculum guide offers examples of how various kinds of texts can be used for teaching adult basic education. The use of poetry, fiction, interviews, newspaper articles, and technical consumer information is modeled. Appendixes list resources on housing and resources on South Africa and provide a housing code checklist, guidelines for grievance procedures, and sample letters. (KC)