Terms of Use

IMPORTANT- IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE (“TERMS”), DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE, SERVICES OR THE APP. YOUR USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR APP SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY EACH OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. HOMESHARE OREGON MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE CONTENT OFFERED ON THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES AT ANY TIME. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY CONTENT FROM OR ON THE SITE, VIA THE APP OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE AND APP. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, APP, SERVICES, OR MATERIALS. If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.

HomeShare Oregon, Inc. (“HomeShare Oregon”) provides an online platform that offers services for home sharing, including services that match users who have rental properties with Renters (as defined below) seeking to rent such rental properties and various related services (collectively, the “Services”). The Services are accessible at homeshareoregon.org and any other websites through which HomeShare Oregon makes the Services available (collectively and individually, the “Site”) and, if and when available, through a mobile device application (the “App”). By using the Site or App, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms, whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site, App and Services and all Materials (defined below) and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and HomeShare Oregon. Please also read carefully our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using the Site, App or Services. Failure to use the Site, App, or Services in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal penalties.

NOTE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION, CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND TIME LIMIT ON SUBMITTING CLAIMS THAT AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY.

General Usage of the Site, App and Services

The Site, App and Services can be used to facilitate the listing and leasing of Roommate Properties (as defined below). Such Roommate Properties are included in Listings (as defined below) on the Site, App and Services by Home Providers. You may view Listings as an unregistered visitor to the Site, App and Services; however, if you wish to lease a Roommate Property or create a Listing, you must first register to create a HomeShare Oregon Account (defined below).

HomeShare Oregon provides an online platform that includes technology to match Renters and Home Providers, based on individual needs and preferences, and to allow Renters and Home Providers to communicate directly with each other and arrange for the leasing of Roommate Properties. In addition, HomeShare Oregon provides certain tools and information to help Home Providers and Renters make more informed decisions, such as: (i) FAQs, tips, calculators, (ii) third-party verification tools, (iii) a process, via a third-party service provider, for Home providers to authorize and obtain their own identity verification, background and/or credit check reports (if available) and share them with prospective Renters who request those reports, (iv) a process, via a third-party service provider, for Renters to authorize and obtain their own identity verification, background and/or credit check reports (if available) and share them with prospective Home Providers who request those reports, and (v) if you choose to complete the identity verification or background check process, HomeShare Oregon will receive a summary of your results from the third-party service provider performing the review.

HomeShare Oregon is not an owner or operator of any Roommate Properties nor is it a broker or agent, or a provider of insurance. HomeShare Oregon does not own, sell, resell, furnish, provide, rent, re-rent, manage and/or control Roommate Properties. Further, HomeShare Oregon does not have control over the quality, condition, habitability or suitability of the Roommate Properties. The Home Provider and Renter are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws in connection with any landlord-tenant relationship that may be established through the use of the Services. HomeShare Oregon solely facilitates the availability of the Site, App and Services.

HomeShare Oregon is not a party to any lease or other agreement between Home Providers and Renters. This is true even if the Site, App and/or Services allow you to download and use our Homeshare Agreement or a sample lease agreement for a Roommate Property. You are responsible to ensure a lease complies with all applicable laws for the location of the Roommate Property.

HomeShare Oregon does not provide legal advice and recommends that the parties review any lease entered into with their personal legal advisor.

YOU ARE ONLY AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SITE, APP AND SERVICES TO ENABLE HOME PROVIDERS AND RENTERS TO CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER. HomeShare Oregon CANNOT AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN ANY LISTINGS, THE CONDITION, LEGALITY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTIES, OR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A USER IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH USER’S USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR APP. HomeShare Oregon IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO ANY AND ALL LISTINGS AND ROOMMATE PROPERTIES. ACCORDINGLY, ANY LEASES WILL BE MADE AT A USER’S OWN RISK.

You also must register to create a HomeShare Oregon Account to use the Site, App and/or Services to review or view reviews of Listings. AS A PROVIDER OF INTERACTIVE SERVICES, HomeShare Oregon DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT, LEGALITY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY REVIEWS ON THE SITE, APP AND/OR THE SERVICES.

Definitions

“HomeShare Oregon Content” means all Content that HomeShare Oregon makes available through the Site, App, or Services, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding Registrant Content.

“Materials” means Registrant Content and HomeShare Oregon Content.

“Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software (excluding the

App), audio, video, information, and reviews or other materials.

“Renter” means a Registrant who seeks a lease, requests to lease, and/or leases a Roommate Property from a Home Provider via the Site, App or Services.

“Home Provider” means a Registrant who creates a Listing via the Site, App and Services.

“Listing” means a Roommate Property that is listed by a Home Provider as available for rental via the Site, App, and Services.

“Registrant” means a person who completes HomeShare Oregon’s account registration process, such as Home Providers and Renters, as described hereunder.

“Registrant Content” means all Content that a Registrant posts, uploads, publishes, submits or transmits to be made available through the Site, App or Services (including Listing descriptions and reviews).

“Roommate Property” or “Roommate Properties” means residential real property or properties in which a Home Provider resides while leasing to a Renter.

Changes

HomeShare Oregon reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Site, App or Services or to modify these Terms, including the Service Fees, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms, we will post the change on the Site or via the App or provide you with notice of the change. We will also update the “Last Updated Date” at the top of these Terms. By continuing to access or use the Site, App or Services after we have posted a change on the Site or via the App or have provided you with notice of a change, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site, App and Services and/or terminate your account.

Age Restrictions

The Site, App and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any access to or use of the Site, App or Services by anyone under 18 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site, App or Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older.

Account Registration

In order to access certain features of the Site and App, and to lease a Roommate Property or create a Listing or post a review, you must register to create an account (“HomeShare Oregon Account”) and become a Registrant. You may register to join the Services directly via the Site or App or as described in this section.

You may not have more than one (1) active HomeShare Oregon Account, except if an individual has authorized you to register on that individual’s behalf as an authorized person on that individual’s account. If you register on behalf of another individual, you represent and warrant that you have their permission to do so and to bind the individual to these Terms.

You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. HomeShare Oregon reserves the right to suspend or terminate your HomeShare Oregon Account and your access to the Site, App and Services if you violate these Terms or if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be false, inaccurate, not current or incomplete. HomeShare Oregon may also inactivate your profile and/or switch your listed Roommate Properties to off-market if your account is inactive for a certain period of time. You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your HomeShare Oregon Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify HomeShare Oregon of any unauthorized use of your HomeShare Oregon Account.

Roommate Property Listings

As a Registrant, you may create Listings. To create a Listing, you will be asked a variety of questions about the Roommate Property to be listed, including, without limitation, the location, capacity, size, features, and availability of the Roommate Property and pricing and related lease and financial terms. In order to be featured in Listings via the Site, App and Services, all Roommate Properties must have valid physical addresses.

Listings will be made publicly available via the Site, App and Services. Other Registrants will be able to determine if they are interested in leasing your Roommate Property via the Site, App and Services based upon the information provided in your Listing. You understand and agree that once a Renter requests a booking of your Roommate Property, you may not request the Renter to pay a price higher than that in the booking request.

You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for any and all Listings you post. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that any Listing you post and the leasing of a Roommate Property in a Listing you post (i) will not breach any agreements you have entered into with any third parties, such as homeowners association, condominium, lease or rental agreements, and (ii) will (a) be in compliance with all applicable laws (such as zoning laws and laws governing rentals of residential and other properties), tax requirements, and rules and regulations that may apply to any Roommate Property included in a Listing you post (including having all required permits, licenses and registrations), and (b) not conflict with the rights of third parties. Please note that HomeShare Oregon assumes no responsibility for a Home Provider’s compliance with any agreements with or duties to third parties, applicable laws, rules and regulations.

HomeShare Oregon reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to modify, remove or disable access to any Listing for any reason, including Listings that HomeShare Oregon, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable or offensive for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site, App, Services or any other user.

IN PARTICULAR, HOME PROVIDERS SHOULD UNDERSTAND HOW THE LAWS WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES AND CITIES. SOME CITIES HAVE LAWS THAT RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF A RENTER TO PAY HOME PROVIDERS FOR SHORT TIME PERIODS. THESE LAWS ARE OFTEN PART OF A CITY’S ZONING OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODES. IN SOME CITIES, HOME PROVIDERS MUST REGISTER, GET A PERMIT, OR OBTAIN A LICENSE BEFORE LISTING A PROPERTY OR ACCEPTING RENTERS. CERTAIN TYPES OF SHORT-TERM LEASES MAY BE PROHIBITED. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS VARY AS TO THEIR ENFORCEMENT OF THESE LAWS. PENALTIES MAY INCLUDE FINES OR OTHER ENFORCEMENT. HOME PROVIDERS SHOULD REVIEW LOCAL LAWS BEFORE PLACING A LISTING ON THE SITE, SERVICES OR APP.

If you are a Home Provider, you understand and agree that HomeShare Oregon does not act as an insurer or as your contracting agent. If a Renter requests to lease your Roommate Property, any agreement you enter into with such Renter is between you and the Renter, and HomeShare Oregon is not a party thereto.

The Site is for personal use only, and no user may use the Site in connection with a commercial endeavor. If you are a Home Provider, you may use your account only to find prospective roommates only for your own residence in which you reside or for the residence of a parent or other family member in which your parent or family member resides. If you are a Renter, you may use your account only to find accommodations for yourself, a parent, or family member. You are responsible for all activity on and use of your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity.

When you create a Listing, you may also choose to include certain requirements which must be met by the Registrants who are eligible to request to lease your Roommate Property, including, without limitation, requiring Registrants to have a profile picture, social media profile linked to their profile if and when such integration is available, or a background or credit check (if available), in order to lease your Roommate Property. Any Registrant wishing to lease Roommate Properties included in Listings with such requirements must meet these requirements. The Home Provider must provide the characteristic features of the Roommate Property as accurately and precisely as possible. The Roommate Property must correspond to the Listing’s photographs and description the Home Provider has made.

If you are a Home Provider, HomeShare Oregon makes certain tools available to you to help you to make informed decisions about which Registrants you choose to permit to lease your Roommate Property, including providing a sample form of Homesharing Agreement and providing links to third-party service providers to conduct background and credit checks (if available) of potential Renters. You acknowledge and agree that, as a Home Provider, you are responsible for your own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals who reside at or are otherwise present at the Roommate Property at your request or invitation, excluding the Renter (and the individuals the Renter invites to the Roommate Property, if applicable). Please be aware that you must provide a safe and habitable Roommate Property. Otherwise, you may be liable to the Renter for any unsafe Roommate Property.

Insurance

HomeShare Oregon recommends that Home Providers obtain appropriate insurance for their Roommate Properties and certain locations may require you to have insurance for your Roommate Properties. Please review any insurance policy that you may have for your Roommate Property carefully, and in particular please make sure that you are familiar with and understand any exclusions to, and any deductibles that may apply for, such insurance policy, including, without limitation, whether or not your insurance policy will cover the actions or inactions of Renters (and the individuals the Renters invites to the Roommate Property, if applicable) while at your Roommate Property.

Background and Verification Checks

HomeShare Oregon may offer you the ability to use certain background and credit check and identity verification services (if and when available) through third-party service providers. Such third-party service providers will conduct the background and/or credit check and identity verification based on the personally identifiable information you provide that will be transmitted from HomeShare Oregon to such third-party service provider, including without limitation, your social security number or tax identification number, as applicable.

HomeShare Oregon does not assemble or evaluate any background check information from its third-party provider. Rather, HomeShare Oregon only obtains and shares background check information received from its third-party provider pursuant to your written instructions. Consenting to a background check causes a consumer report and/or an investigative consumer report to be generated. You understand that the scope of the consumer report/investigative consumer report may include, but is not limited to, the following areas: verification of Social Security number; current and previous residences; employment history, education background, and character references; civil and criminal history records from any criminal justice agency in any or all federal, state, and county jurisdictions; and driving records, birth records, and any other public records.

At the time you elect to obtain a background check through the Service, you will be required to consent to have HomeShare Oregon obtain and share the background check. After you receive the background check results, you will be able to share a summary with as many prospective housemates as you like (or none at all) for 90 days.

For more information concerning how HomeShare Oregon collects and uses personal Information as part of background and credit check and identity verification services, please see our Privacy Policy.

Identity verification on the Internet is difficult and we do not assume any responsibility for the confirmation of any user’s identity. Notwithstanding the above, for transparency and fraud prevention purposes, and as permitted by applicable laws, we may, in our sole discretion, ask users to provide a form of government identification or other information or to undertake additional checks designed to help verify the identities or backgrounds of users (including, without limitation, background and/or credit checks), but we have no obligation to do so. HomeShare Oregon may also, in our sole discretion, provide an optional identity verification service supported by a third-party service provider in which users can submit information to verify your identity. You should not contact HomeShare Oregon to conduct any verification services. HomeShare Oregon does not guarantee, nor do we represent or warrant as to the accuracy of such identity verification.

Your use of third-party service providers’ background or credit check (if available) and/or identity verification services are subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on such third-party service providers’ websites. However, you may consent to the release of your background check report to a potential Home Provider /Renter, as applicable, through the Site or App.

IF YOU USE THE SITE, APP, SERVICES OR MATERIALS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT HomeShare Oregon IS NOT OBLIGATED TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS OR CREDIT CHECKS (IF AVAILABLE) OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION ON ANY REGISTRANT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RENTERS AND HOME PROVIDERS, BUT MAY ASSIST IN CONDUCTING OR MAY CONDUCT IDENTITY VERIFICATIONS IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION.

Verification But no Endorsement

HomeShare Oregon does not endorse any Registrant, any Roommate Property or any reviews. HomeShare Oregon provides Home Providers and Renters a customized list of potential individuals to consider based on the information the Home Provider or Renter provides to HomeShare Oregon regarding their needs and preferences. In providing these Services, HomeShare Oregon is not making a referral to, or endorsing, any individual nor engaging in any conduct that requires a professional license of any kind.

Any references in the Site, App or Services to a Registrant being “verified” or “connected” (or similar language) only indicate that the Registrant has completed a relevant verification process and do not represent anything else. Any such description is not an endorsement, certification or guarantee by HomeShare Oregon about any Registrant, including of the Registrant’s identity and whether the Registrant is trustworthy, safe or suitable. Instead, any such description is intended to be useful information for you to evaluate when you make your own decisions about the identity and suitability of others whom you contact or interact with via the Site, App and Services. We therefore recommend that you always exercise due diligence and care when deciding whether to lease from a Home Provider or to accept a leasing request from a Renter, or to have any other interaction with any other Registrant. We are not responsible for any damage or harm resulting from your interactions with other Registrants.

Registrant Content is user generated, and HomeShare Oregon does not control or vet Registrant Content for accuracy or completeness as a general matter. Accordingly, HomeShare Oregon does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information provided by Home Providers or Renters on the Site or App or in offline communications. HomeShare Oregon may offer certain Registrants the opportunity to verify certain information through a third-party service provider, such as their email address or cell phone number. If HomeShare Oregon indicates that a Registrant has verified certain information, it means that the Registrant has complied with the process we have established for verifying such information. However, HomeShare Oregon does not guarantee, nor do we represent or warrant as to, the accuracy of such information.

Leasing a Roommate Property

Although HomeShare Oregon provides a sample form of Homesharing Agreement, the Home Provider, not HomeShare Oregon, is solely responsible for entering into a lease and making available any Roommate Properties matched through the Site, App and Services, as well as ensuring that the lease complies with all applicable laws. The Homesharing Agreement template is an additional service offering provided by HomeShare Oregon but should in no way be construed as HomeShare Oregon providing legal advice. Home Providers should work with their personal legal advisor to review and negotiate a lease that complies with the applicable laws in the location of the Roommate Property.

If you, as a Renter, choose to enter into a transaction with a Home Provider for the leasing of a Roommate Property, you agree and understand that you may be required to enter into a lease agreement with the Home Provider and you agree to accept any terms, conditions, rules and restrictions associated with such Roommate Property imposed by the Home Provider. You acknowledge and agree that (I) you, and not HomeShare Oregon, will be responsible for performing the obligations of any such lease agreements, (ii) HomeShare Oregon is not a party to such lease agreements, and (iii) HomeShare Oregon disclaims all liability arising from or related to any such lease agreements.

The Home Provider shall collect all Roommate Property Fees directly from a Renter pursuant to the terms of the lease entered into between the Home Provider and Renter. “Roommate Property Fees” means the amounts that are due and payable by a Renter in exchange for that Home Provider’s leasing of a Roommate Property. The Home Provider solely, and not HomeShare Oregon, determines these amounts. In addition to any fees for the use of the Roommate Property itself., the Home Provider may choose to include in these amounts (i) a cleaning fee or any other fee permitted by HomeShare Oregon, (ii) utilities that the Home Provider determines that he or she has to collect, or (ii) a security deposit.

Disputes between Registrants and Damage to Roommate Properties

Any actual or potential disagreement or dispute between Registrants, including a Renter and Home Provider, including over the quality, condition, safety or legality of the Roommate Properties, the truth or accuracy of the reviews or Listings (including the content thereof or any review relating to any Roommate Property), and the ability of Registrants to lease a Roommate Property, are solely the responsibility of each Registrant. If you have a dispute with another Registrant, you must resolve the dispute directly with the Registrant.

As a Renter, you are responsible for leaving the Roommate Property in the condition it was in when you arrived. You acknowledge and agree that, as a Renter, you are responsible for your own acts and omissions and you are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals whom you invite to, or otherwise provide access to, the Roommate Property.

Service Fees

In consideration for the use of certain parts of the Services, App and/or Site, HomeShare Oregon may charge fees to Registrants (“Service Fees”), which Service Fees may be updated from time to time. HomeShare Oregon currently charges the following Service Fees:

Home Providers and Renters may pay for a one-time background check for a fee of $29.99 (good for 90 days);
Home Providers can elect to upgrade to HomeShare Oregon Plus for $24.95 per This is collected via Stripe as a monthly subscription payment user pay via credit card. It is auto-renewing, but users may cancel at any time. This subscription includes a background screen and other premium matching features as described in the pricing page located on the Site.
Renters can elect to upgrade to HomeShare Oregon plus for $14.95 per This is collected via Stripe as a monthly subscription payment user pay via credit card. It is auto-renewing, but users may cancel at any time. This subscription includes a background check and other premium matching features as described in the pricing page located on the Site.

If you have signed up for a third-party promotion or offering, certain Service Fees may be paid on your behalf by the third party that provides the promotion or benefit, as explained in the offer.

Payment and Electronic Communications

If you elect to use the Services, you are expressly agreeing that HomeShare Oregon or its payment processor is permitted to bill you for any applicable Service Fees, any applicable tax and any other charges you may incur with HomeShare Oregon in connection with your use of the Services (“Charges”). The Charges will be billed to the credit card or other payment account you provide in accordance with the billing terms in effect at the time the Charges are due and payable. You acknowledge and agree that HomeShare Oregon will automatically charge your credit card or other payment account on record with HomeShare Oregon for the then-current Subscription Term upon the commencement thereof. If payment is not received or cannot be charged to your credit card account for any reason, HomeShare Oregon reserves the right to either suspend or terminate your access to the Services. All Charges are non-cancellable and non-refundable except as expressly set forth herein.

By using the Site and/or the Services, you consent to receiving electronic communications from HomeShare Oregon. These electronic communications may include notices via email and text about applicable Service Fees and Charges related to the Services and transactional or other information concerning or related to the Services. These electronic communications are part of your relationship with HomeShare Oregon, and you receive them as part of your use of the Services. Standard text or data charges may apply to notices sent via text.

Where offered, you may disable text message notifications by responding to any such message with “STOP”, or by following instructions provided in the message. However, by disabling text messaging, you may be disabling important notices about the Services.

You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that we send you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing. You will have the ability to opt-out of certain marketing or promotional emails that we send. We currently do not send marketing via text.

User Conduct

You may not use any “deep-link”, “page-scrape”, “robot”, “spider” or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Site, App or Content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site, App or any Content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the Site or App. HomeShare Oregon reserves the right to bar any such activity.

You may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site, App or any network connected to the Site or App, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Site, App or any network connected to the Site or App. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Site or App, or any other customer of HomeShare Oregon, or exploit the Site or App or any service or information made available or offered by or through the Site or App, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information, as provided for by the Site or App.

You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to HomeShare Oregon on or through the Site or App. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.

You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for compliance with any and all laws, rules, regulations, and tax obligations that may apply to your use of the Site, App, Services and Materials. In connection with your use of the Site, App, Services and Materials, you may not and you agree that you will not:

offer, as a Home Provider, any Roommate Property that you do not yourself own or have permission to rent as a residential or other property (without limiting the foregoing, you will not list Roommate Properties as a Home Provider if you are serving in the capacity of a rental agent or listing agent for a third party);
offer, as a Home Provider any Roommate Property that may not be rented or subleased pursuant to the terms and conditions of an agreement with a third party, including, without limitation, a property rental agreement;
register for more than one HomeShare Oregon Account or register for a HomeShare Oregon Account on behalf of an individual other than yourself, except if an individual has authorized you to register on that individual’s behalf as an authorized person on that individual’s account;
offer to lease any Roommate Property if you will not actually be staying at the Roommate Property yourself;
contact a Home Provider for any purpose other than asking a question related to a Roommate Property or Listing;
contact a Renter for any purpose other than asking a question related to entering into a lease for a Roommate Property or such Renters use of the Site, App and Services;
recruit or otherwise solicit any Home Provider or other Registrant to join third-party services or websites that are competitive to HomeShare Oregon, without HomeShare Oregon’s prior written approval or include listings or links to third-party websites in your Registrant Content;
impersonate any person or entity, or falsify or otherwise misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity;
use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Site, App, Services or Materials;
use the Site, App, Services or Materials to find a Home Provider or Renter and then complete the leasing of a Roommate Property independent of the Site, App or Services, in order to circumvent the obligation to pay any Service Fees related to HomeShare Oregon’s provision of the Services or for any other reasons.
as a Home Provider, submit any Listing with false or misleading pricing or other information, or submit any Listing with a price that you do not intend to honor;
violate any applicable local, state, provincial, national, or other law or regulation, or any order of a court, including, without limitation, zoning restrictions, housing and anti-discrimination laws, the Fair Housing Act, privacy laws and/or any tax regulations or homeowner association rules;
use the Site, App, Services or Materials for any commercial or other purposes that are not expressly permitted by these Terms;
copy, store or otherwise access any information contained on the Site, App, Services or Materials for purposes not expressly permitted by these Terms;
infringe the rights of any person or entity, including without limitation, their intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights;
interfere with or damage our Site, App or Services, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology;
use our Site, App or Services to transmit, distribute, post or submit any information concerning any other person or entity, including without limitation, photographs of others without their permission, personal contact information or credit, debit, calling card or account numbers;
use our Site, App, Services or Materials in connection with the distribution of unsolicited commercial email or advertisements unrelated to lodging in a private residence;
as a Home Provider, photograph, videotape or record a Renter within the Roommate Property without their informed consent in accordance with applicable privacy laws;
“stalk,” defame or harass any other user of our Site, App, Services or Materials, or collect or store any personally identifiable information about any other user other than for purposes of viewing a review or transacting as a HomeShare Oregon Home Provider or Renter;
post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances;
systematically retrieve data or other content from our Site, App or Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, in single or multiple downloads, a collection, compilation, database, directory or the like, whether by manual methods, through the use of bots, crawlers, spiders, or otherwise;
use, display, mirror or frame the Site, App, Services or Materials, or any individual element within the Site, App, Services or Materials, HomeShare Oregon’s name, any HomeShare Oregon trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page in the Site, App or Services, without HomeShare Oregon’s express written consent;
access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, App or Services, HomeShare Oregon’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of HomeShare Oregon’s providers;
attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any HomeShare Oregon system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble, or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by HomeShare Oregon or any of HomeShare Oregon’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site, Services, App or Materials;
forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Site, Services, App or Materials to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Site, Services, App or Materials;
as a Home Provider, offer a Roommate Property intended to be occupied by more than four families or be in the business of renting or selling dwellings within the definition of the Fair Housing Act (such as, by way of example, a landlord of a multi-family dwelling or a real estate agent or broker); or
encourage or assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing

HomeShare Oregon has the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law.

HomeShare Oregon may access, preserve and/or disclose any of your information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary to (i) respond to claims asserted against HomeShare Oregon or to comply with legal process (for example, subpoenas or warrants), (ii) enforce or administer our agreements with users, such as these Terms, (iii) for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support, product development and de-bugging purposes, or (iv) protect the rights, property or safety of HomeShare Oregon, its users, or members of the public. You acknowledge that HomeShare Oregon has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, App, Services or Materials or to review or edit any Registrant Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Site, App and Services (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with these Terms, to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body, to respond to content that it determines is otherwise objectionable or as set forth in these Terms. HomeShare Oregon reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Materials that HomeShare Oregon, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site, App or Services.

HomeShare Oregon encourages Home Provider to learn about the specific housing laws applicable in their location and consult an attorney for advice to ensure that you comply.

Privacy

Your use of this Site, the Services and the App is governed by the HomeShare Oregon Privacy Policy, which is available at https://www.homeshareoregon.org/privacy-policy

Ownership

The Site, App, Services, and Materials are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You acknowledge and agree that the Site, App, Services and Materials, including all associated intellectual property rights, are the exclusive property of

HomeShare Oregon and its licensors. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site, App, Services, or Materials. All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of HomeShare Oregon used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of HomeShare Oregon. Any other trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective parties.

App-Specific Terms and License

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, if and when HomeShare Oregon offers an App, HomeShare Oregon grants you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download and install a copy of the App on a single mobile device or computer that you own or control and run such copy of the App solely for your own personal use. Furthermore, with respect to the App you will only use the App (i) on an Apple-branded product that runs the iOS (Apple’s proprietary operating system) or a product that runs on Android; and (ii) as permitted by the “Usage Rules” set forth in the Apple App Store Terms of Use or the Google Play Terms of Use. HomeShare Oregon reserves all rights in the App not expressly granted to you by these Terms.

With regard to your use of the App, you acknowledge and agree that (i) these Terms are an agreement between you and HomeShare Oregon only, and not Apple, and (ii) HomeShare Oregon, not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and content thereof. Your use of the App must comply with the Apple App Store Terms of Use. You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the App to you and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App. As between HomeShare Oregon and Apple, any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be the sole responsibility of HomeShare Oregon. You and HomeShare Oregon acknowledge that, as between HomeShare Oregon and Apple, Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims you have or any claims of any third party relating to the App or your possession and use of the App, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation. You and HomeShare Oregon acknowledge that, in the event of any third-party claim that the App or your possession and use of that App infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, as between HomeShare Oregon and Apple, HomeShare Oregon, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim to the extent required by these Terms. You and HomeShare Oregon acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as related to your license of the App, and that, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms as related to your license of the App against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

HomeShare Oregon Content and Registrant Content License

Subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions of these Terms, HomeShare Oregon grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, to (i) access and view any HomeShare Oregon Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes, and (ii) access and view any Registrant Content to which you are permitted access, solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. You have no right to sublicense the license rights granted in this section.

You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Site, App, Services, or Materials, except as expressly permitted in these Terms. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by HomeShare Oregon or its licensors, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.

HomeShare Oregon Content and Registrant Content License

We may, in our sole discretion, permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit Registrant Content (such as reviews). By making available any Registrant Content on or through the Site, App and Services, you hereby grant to HomeShare Oregon a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, view, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit such Registrant Content on, through, by means of or to promote or market the Site, App and Services. HomeShare Oregon does not claim any ownership rights in any such Registrant Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit any such Registrant Content.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all Registrant Content that you make available through the Site, App and Services.

Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all Registrant Content that you make available through the Site, App and Services or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to HomeShare Oregon the rights in such Registrant Content, as contemplated under these Terms; (ii) neither the Registrant Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Registrant Content or HomeShare Oregon’s use of the Registrant Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Site, App and the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of property, publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation; and (iii) your Registrant Content and your postings will not defame any person, business, location or property.

Third-Party Content and Services

On the Site, you may view certain third-party content, offers and promotions. HomeShare Oregon does not control such content, offers or promotions or third parties. HomeShare Oregon does not fulfill such offers or promotions and is not liable for such third parties or their products or services.

On the Site, you may be directed to use or enabled or provided use of, certain third-party services, such as payment processing or verification services. You agree that HomeShare Oregon is not the provider of the payment processing or verification services or other third-party services and products and that payment processing or verification services or other third-party services are provided by separate companies. HomeShare Oregon is solely acting as a payment agent to sign you up for the payment processing or verification services or other third-party services. You acknowledge and agree that HomeShare Oregon may provide your personal information to the applicable third-party provider to enable you to receive the applicable third-party services that you have requested. HomeShare Oregon is not liable for the payment processing or verification services or other third-party services.

You may be required to agree to terms with the third-party provider that you engage with through the applicable third-party services.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT HomeShare Oregon IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER, SUCH AS THE PAYMENT PROCESSING OR VERIFICATION PROVIDERS, NOR IS HomeShare Oregon AN ATTORNEY OR LAW FIRM. HomeShare Oregon HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT OF THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOU. HomeShare Oregon DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY IN THIS REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. HomeShare Oregon DOES NOT VET OR CONFIRM THE CREDENTIALS OR RATINGS OF THEE OR OTHER THIRD-PARTY SERVICES.

IF YOU USE THIRD-PARTY SERVICES, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Links

This Site, App and Services may be linked to other sites that are not HomeShare Oregon sites. HomeShare Oregon is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and HomeShare Oregon is not responsible for such linked sites, including, without limitation, the content or links displayed on such sites. You will need to make your own independent judgment regarding your interaction with these sites.

Feedback

Any feedback, suggestions or the like regarding the Services that you provide at this Site or through the App (“Feedback”) shall be deemed to be non-confidential. HomeShare Oregon shall be free to use such Feedback on an unrestricted basis. You hereby irrevocably and perpetually grant to HomeShare Oregon a royalty-free, fully-paid license to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, make, have made, sell and offer to sell Feedback alone or as incorporated in any HomeShare Oregon products or services.

Copyright and Trademark Infringements

Notification:

HomeShare Oregon respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. HomeShare Oregon may, in appropriate circumstances and at HomeShare Oregon’s discretion, terminate access to the Site to users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work is the subject of copyright infringement and/or a trademark infringement and appears on the Site, please provide HomeShare Oregon’s copyright agent the following information:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit HomeShare Oregon to locate the material
Information reasonably sufficient to permit HomeShare Oregon to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

HomeShare Oregon’s agent for notice of claims of copyright or trademark infringement on this Site or App can be reached as follows:

By mail: HomeShare Oregon Inc, Attn: DMCA Administrator, 30 7th Street E., Suite 2350, St. Paul, MN 55101
By email at info@HomeShareOregon.org
By phone at 1-866-757-NEST (6378)

Please also note that for copyright infringements under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.

Counter-Notification:

If you elect to send us a counter notice, to be effective it must be a written communication provided to our designated agent that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see 17 U.S.C. Section 512(g)(3) to confirm these requirements):

A physical or electronic signature of the user.
Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
A statement under penalty of perjury that the user has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
The user’s name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the user consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the user’s address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the user will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under Section 512(c)(1)(C) of the Copyright Act or an agent of such person.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

By mail: HomeShare Oregon, Inc, Attn: DMCA Administrator, 30 7th Street E., Suite 2350, St. Paul, MN 55101
By email at info@HomeShareOregon.org
By phone at 1-866-757-NEST(6378)

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

Only the intellectual property rights owner may report potentially infringing items through HomeShare Oregon’s reporting system set forth above. If you are not the intellectual property rights owner, you should contact the intellectual property rights owner and they can choose whether to use the procedures set forth in these Terms. HomeShare Oregon may terminate the Account and access rights of any repeat infringer.

Suspension, Termination and HomeShare Oregon Account Cancellation

We may, in our discretion, without liability to you, with or without cause, with or without prior notice, and at any time, decide to limit, suspend, deactivate or cancel your HomeShare Oregon Account. If we exercise our discretion under these Terms to do so, your HomeShare Oregon Account will be deactivated or suspended, your password will be disabled, and you will not be able to access the Site, App, Services, your HomeShare Oregon Account, or your Registrant Content, or receive assistance from HomeShare Oregon Customer Service. We also may remove all of your Registrant Content, such as reviews.

If HomeShare Oregon and/or our payment processors are unable to charge your account that you have used for the Automated Rent Payment Service, your Automated Rent Payment Service subscription and the associated insurance coverage will be terminated and canceled.

Disclaimers

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT HomeShare Oregon IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN HOME PROVIDERS AND RENTERS, NOR IS HomeShare Oregon A REAL ESTATE BROKER, AGENT, ATTORNEY OR INSURER. HomeShare Oregon HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT OF HOME PROVIDERS, RENTERS AND OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APP AND SERVICES OR ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTIES, AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY IN THIS REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. HomeShare Oregon MAKES NO WARRANTIES REGARDING ANY ADVICE ABOUT HOMESHARING OR REGISTRANT DISPUTES THAT HomeShare Oregon OR ITS AGENTS MAY PROVIDE TO YOU. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING HOW TO HANDLE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS OR WHETHER OR NOT TO FOLLOW ANY ADVICE, FAQ’S AND/OR TIPS HomeShare Oregon MAY PROVIDE. HomeShare Oregon DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING RENTAL CALCULATORS OR THAT A PARTICULAR SUGGESTED RENT IS FAIR MARKET VALUE.

IF YOU USE THE SITE, APP, SERVICES OR MATERIALS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT HomeShare Oregon IS NOT OBLIGATED TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS OR CREDIT CHECKS OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION ON ANY REGISTRANT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RENTERS AND HOME PROVIDERS, BUT MAY ASSIST IN CONDUCTING AND MAY CONDUCT IDENTITY VERIFICATIONS IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. THE SITE, APP, SERVICES, THIRD PARTY CONTENT, AND MATERIALS ARE

PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, HomeShare Oregon EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. HomeShare Oregon MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, APP, SERVICES, THIRD PARTY CONTENT, MATERIALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE

LISTINGS OR ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTIES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. HomeShare Oregon MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF ANY LISTINGS, ROOMMATE PROPERTIES, THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS OR THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, APP, OR SERVICES.

NO ADVICE, FAQ, TIPS, OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM HomeShare Oregon OR THROUGH THE SITE, APP, SERVICES OR MATERIALS, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER REGISTRANTS OF THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY HOME PROVIDER OR RENTERS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HomeShare Oregon DOES NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OF USERS OF THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES OR TO REVIEW OR VISIT ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTIES. HomeShare Oregon MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY RESULTS OR INFORMATION THAT HomeShare Oregon MAY OBTAIN WHEN AND IF HomeShare Oregon ASSISTS IN IDENTITY VERIFICATION. HomeShare Oregon MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF USERS OF THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES OR THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE USERS OF THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES. YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APP OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RENTERS AND HOME PROVIDERS, PARTICULARLY IF YOU DECIDE TO MEET OFFLINE OR IN PERSON REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH MEETINGS ARE ORGANIZED BY HomeShare Oregon. HomeShare Oregon EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ALL

LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY REGISTRANT OR OTHER THIRD PARTY.

By using the Site, App or Services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other Registrants or other third parties will be limited to a claim against the particular Registrants or other third parties who caused you harm. You agree not to attempt to impose liability on or seek any legal remedy from HomeShare Oregon with respect to such actions or omissions. Accordingly, we encourage you to communicate directly with other Registrants on the Site, App and Services regarding any Roommate Properties or Listings.

Limitation of Liability

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, APP, SERVICES AND MATERIALS, REVIEWS, LISTINGS OR LEASING OF ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTIES VIA THE SITE, APP AND SERVICES, OR VIEWING OF REVIEWS, AND ANY CONTACT YOU HAVE WITH OTHER USERS OF HomeShare Oregon WHETHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE REMAINS WITH YOU. NEITHER HomeShare Oregon NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SITE, APP, SERVICES, OR MATERIALS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL OR BODILY INJURY OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, APP, SERVICES OR MATERIALS, FROM ANY COMMUNICATIONS, INTERACTIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APP, OR SERVICES OR OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APP, SERVICES, OR FROM YOUR LISTING OR LEASING OF ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTY VIA THE SITE, APP AND SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT HomeShare Oregon HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT WILL HomeShare Oregon’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS AND YOUR USE OF THE SITE, APP AND SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FROM ANY REVIEWS, LISTINGS OR LEASING OF ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTY VIA THE SITE, APP AND SERVICES, OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, APP, SERVICES, OR MATERIALS AND IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ROOMMATE PROPERTY OR INTERACTIONS WITH ANY OTHER REGISTRANTS, EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE FEES YOU HAVE PAID IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, OR ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100), IF NO SUCH PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, AS APPLICABLE. THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN HomeShare Oregon AND YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Covid-19 Information and Waiver

As a Renter and/or as a Home Provider, you must practice “social distancing” and wear proper face coverings at all times to reduce the risks of exposure to COVID-19. Because COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is spread mainly from person-to-person contact, HomeShare Oregon cannot guarantee that Renters and/or Home Providers, or their guests, will not become infected with COVID-19.

In light of the ongoing spread of COVID-19, individuals who fall within any of the categories below must not lease a Roommate Property as a Home Provider. By leasing a Roommate Property, you certify that you do not fall into any of the following categories as of the date your lease commences:

Individuals who currently or within the past fourteen (14) days have experienced any symptoms associated with COVID-19, which include fever, cough, and shortness of breath among others;
Individuals who have traveled at any point in the past fourteen (14) days either internationally or to a community in the S. that has experienced or is experiencing sustained community spread of COVID-19; or
Individuals who believe that they may have been exposed to a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 or have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are not yet cleared as non-contagious by state or local public health authorities or the health care team responsible for their treatment.

Duty to Self-Monitor

You agree to self-monitor for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 (symptoms typically include fever, cough, and shortness of breath) and, contact HomeShare Oregon if you experience symptoms of COVID-19 within 14 days of being physically present in a Roommate Property.

Release and Waiver

YOU HEREBY RELEASE, WAIVE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE ANY AND ALL LIABILITY, CLAIMS, AND DEMANDS OF WHATEVER KIND OR NATURE AGAINST HomeShare Oregon AND ITS AFFILIATED PARTNERS AND SPONSORS, INCLUDING IN EACH CASE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AND AGENTS (THE “RELEASED

PARTIES”), EITHER IN LAW OR IN EQUITY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES OR LOSSES CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE, FAULT OR CONDUCT OF ANY KIND ON THE PART OF THE RELEASED PARTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DEATH, BODILY INJURY, ILLNESS, ECONOMIC LOSS OR OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES, OR LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, WHICH YOU, YOUR HEIRS, ASSIGNEES, NEXT OF KIN AND/OR LEGALLY APPOINTED OR DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES, MAY HAVE OR WHICH MAY HEREINAFTER ACCRUE ON YOUR BEHALF, WHICH ARISE OR MAY HEREAFTER ARISE FROM YOUR ROLE AS A HOME PROVIDER OR A RENTER OR ARISING OUT OF A ROOMMATE PROPERTY.

Assumption of the Risk

You acknowledge and understand the following:

Participation includes possible exposure to and illness from infectious diseases including but not limited to COVID-19. While particular rules and personal discipline may reduce this risk, the risk of serious illness and death does exist;
You knowingly and freely assume all such risks related to illness and infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, even if arising from the negligence or fault of the Released Parties; and
You hereby knowingly assume the risk of injury, harm and loss associated with your acting as a Renter or Home Provider or arising out of the Roommate Property, including any injury, harm and loss caused by the negligence, fault or conduct of any kind on the part of the Released Parties.

By your acting as a Renter or Home Provider, you acknowledge and assume all risks and dangers associated with or arising out of your offering a Roommate Property and/or leasing a Roommate Property, and you agree that the Released Parties will not be responsible for any personal injury (including death), property damage, or other loss suffered as a result of your participation in the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Claims”). BY ATTENDING AND/OR PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITY, YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN A FULL RELEASE OF LIABILITY TO THE RELEASED PARTIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

If you are in California, you hereby waive all rights to which you may be entitled pursuant to California Civil Code section 1542, and any similar or analogous laws, which provides:

A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold HomeShare Oregon and its affiliates and subsidiaries, and their officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the Site, App, Services, or Materials or your violation of these Terms; (b) your Registrant Content or reliance on Registrant Content; (c) your (i) interaction with or disputes with any Registrant or any other user or any third party service provider, or (ii) creation of a Listing; and (d) the use, condition or rental of a Roommate Property by you, including but not limited to any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the lease or use of a Roommate Property.

Local Laws; Export Control

HomeShare Oregon controls and operates this Site, App and Services from its headquarters in the United States of America and the user Content and/or third-party Content may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this Site, App or Services outside the United States of America, you are responsible for following applicable local laws, including, without limitation, all applicable export control laws and regulations.

Reporting Misconduct

If you feel a Home Provider or Renter is acting or has acted inappropriately, including but not limited to (i) engaging in offensive, violent or sexually inappropriate behavior, (ii) you suspect them of stealing from you, or (iii) engaging in any other disturbing conduct, you must immediately report such person to the appropriate authorities and then promptly (no later than twenty-four (24) hours after reporting to authorities) to HomeShare Oregon by contacting us with your police station and report number at info@HomeShareOregon.org; provided, however, that your report will not obligate us to take any action beyond that required by law (if any) or cause us to incur any liability to you.

Dispute Resolution and Binding Arbitration Provision

Definitions. As used in this arbitration provision (the “Arbitration Provision”), the terms “HomeShare Oregon,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to HomeShare Oregon, Inc., including its subsidiaries and agents; the terms “you” and “your” refer to you as an individual and any legal entity you control, work for, or represent when you access or use the Site, App or Services. The word “Claims” means all claims, disputes, or controversies between you and us of any nature or kind, whether pre-existing, present, or future, that arise from or relate to the Site, App and/or Services. This includes but is not limited to disagreements about the validity, enforceability, or scope of this Arbitration Provision.

Governing Law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to its conflicts of law provisions) including U.S. federal law.

Informal Efforts to Resolve Dispute. If a dispute arises between you and HomeShare Oregon, you should first attempt to resolve it by contacting our Customer Service Center at info@HomeShareOregon.org or by sending the details of your complaint, including your contact information for a response, to the address listed below. We will attempt in good faith to resolve all Claims submitted this way within fifteen (15) days of receipt.

Agreement to Arbitrate; Right to Opt Out. If informal efforts to resolve Claims fail or are not used, you agree that any and all Claims will be resolved exclusively by binding arbitration as described herein, except that: (i) you may assert Claims in a small claims court in the United States if your Claims meet the court’s jurisdictional requirements; and (ii) either party may pursue Claims and relief in a court of competent jurisdiction regarding the validity and/or infringement of a party’s intellectual property rights.

There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is very limited. However, an arbitrator can award to you on an individual basis the same damages and forms of relief as a court could (including injunctive and declaratory relief as well as statutory damages) and must follow the law and terms of this Agreement as a court would. Any arbitration under this Agreement will take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class actions and private attorney general actions are not permitted and you waive all rights to bring a class action.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION, YOU MUST NOTIFY HomeShare Oregon IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST ACCEPT OR HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AGREEMENT BY MAILING OR FAXING AN OPT-OUT REQUEST TO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LISTED BELOW. YOUR WRITTEN NOTIFICATION MUST INCLUDE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU USED TO REGISTER WITH HomeShare Oregon, AND A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH US THROUGH ARBITRATION. YOUR DECISION TO OPT OUT OF THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION WILL HAVE NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH US OR THE DELIVERY OF THE SITE, APP AND/OR SERVICES TO YOU BY US. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED US OF YOUR DECISION TO OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION, YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO SO AGAIN.

Arbitration Fees. The allocation and payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the rules of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”), which limit the amount a consumer is required to pay. If the arbitrator determines that your Claims are not frivolous applying the standards of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, we agree to reimburse you the amount of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees you are required to pay for the arbitration.

Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be conducted by the JAMS under its rules if you are a resident of the United States; if your use of the Site, App and/or Services has been principally for personal or household use, the JAMS’ procedures for consumer-related disputes including the minimum fairness standards will also apply. If you are a resident of a country other than the United States or the European Union, the arbitration will be conducted by the JAMS in Dallas, Texas, under its rules for international arbitration, and you and we agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, Texas in order to compel arbitration, to stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the applicable arbitration rules and this Arbitration Provision, this Arbitration Provision shall govern and control.

The arbitration will be conducted in the English language by a single arbitrator who is an attorney-at-law with at least fifteen years’ experience in consumer and technology transactions and who is also a member of the JAMS roster of arbitrators. If you and we can’t agree on a mutually acceptable arbitrator within fifteen (15) days after the arbitration is initiated, then an arbitrator will be selected pursuant to the selection process provided for by the JAMS rules. The JAMS rules are available at http://www.jamsadr.com, or by calling 1-800-352-5267 (at no cost) from inside the United States or +44 207 583 9808 from outside the United States.

Initiating Arbitration. To begin an arbitration proceeding, you must follow the procedures specified by the applicable JAMS rules as described on their website at http://www.jamsadr.com.

Time Restriction. YOU MUST FILE A COMPLAINT WITH JAMS OR A PERMITTED COURT WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR OF THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT OR FACTS GIVING RISE TO A CLAIM, OR YOU WAIVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CLAIM BASED UPON SUCH EVENT, FACTS OR DISPUTE.

Arbitration Process. Because appearing in person for arbitration can be unduly burdensome in the circumstances, arbitration under this Arbitration Provision shall not require any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless mutually agreed. Either or both parties may participate by written submissions, telephone calls, or other means of remote communication as allowed by the arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings will be conducted in the English language at a location designated by the JAMS that is the most convenient for you.

The arbitration can only decide Claim(s) between you and us and may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons that may have similar claims. There shall be no pre-arbitration discovery except as provided for in the applicable JAMS rules. The arbitrator will honor claims of privilege recognized by law and will take reasonable steps to protect customer account information and other confidential or proprietary information.

In conducting the arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator will apply the law of the State of Delaware (without regard to its conflicts of law provisions) including U.S. federal law for matters covered by federal law (e.g. the Federal Arbitration Act). At the request of any party, the arbitrator shall provide a brief written explanation of the basis for the decision and award. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding on the parties except for any right to appeal under the JAMS rules or the Federal Arbitration Act.

Confidentiality. You and we shall keep confidential any information exchanged during the arbitration as well as the decision of the arbitrator made with respect to any Claim(s) arbitrated under this Arbitration Provision and, with the exception of disclosure to your or our attorneys, accountants, auditors, and other legal or financial advisors, neither party shall disclose such information or decision to any other person unless required to do so by law.

Continuing Obligation to Arbitrate; Severability. This Arbitration Provision shall survive termination of your access to or use of any Site, App and/or Services and related agreements. If any portion of this Arbitration Provision is deemed invalid or unenforceable at law, such invalid or unenforceable provision will be interpreted, construed or reformed to the extent required to make it valid and enforceable, and this shall not invalidate the remaining portions of this Arbitration Provision.

HomeShare Oregon Customer Service Center Address:

HomeShare Oregon Inc, ATTN: LEGAL/ARBITRATION, 30 7th Street E., Suite 2350, St. Paul, MN 55101 info@HomeShareOregon.org

General

The official language of these Terms is English. The failure of HomeShare Oregon to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of HomeShare Oregon. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise. If for any reason an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between HomeShare Oregon and you regarding the Site, App, Services, Materials, and any reviews, leasing or Listings of Roommate Properties made via the Site, App and Services, and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between HomeShare Oregon and you regarding bookings or listings of Roommate Properties, the Site, App, Services, Materials, and reviews. You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without HomeShare Oregon’s prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. HomeShare Oregon may assign or transfer these Terms, at its sole discretion, without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns. Any notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder, including those regarding changes to these Terms, will be in writing and given by HomeShare Oregon (i) via email (in each case to the address that you provide) or (ii) by posting to the Site or via the App. For notices made by e-mail, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

Last updated: March 2024

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