As members of S.A.F.E. Housing Union, you have certain Rights, Rules and also Responsibilities that come with your Membership adhering to these will prevent you from receiving Penalties on your Membership. Penalties are only assessed as needed for violating your Rules, and Responsibilities. The penalties can range from small to being permanently banned from being a Member. The Rules that each member MUST follow are listed below, each member MUST adhere to them at all times, failure to follow them could result in permanent lose of Membership.

Tenants/Homeowners Membership Rights:

• As a member you have the right to be heard.

• You have the right to have your Rental Agreement checked

• To File a Grievance with S.A.F.E. after following the steps in your Rental Agreement

• To let S.A.F.E. know if you are dissatisfied

• To contact S.A.F.E. and find out what your next steps would be in your situation

• To contact S.A.F.E. and allow us to know your current situation, if you have followed your Rental Agreement

Member Responsibilities:

• There is a onetime non refundable application fee of $25 for processing each member’s Application. There is currently No Fee for the Pre - Application.

• Each Member needs to understand their Rental Agreement and follow the steps outlined in their Agreement for communicating their grievance to their landlord or property manager, before filing a grievance with S.A.F.E.

• Each member needs to exhaust all avenues of their Rental Agreement in filing a grievance with their landlord, or property manager before contacting S.A.F.E. to mediate the situation.

• Each member needs to legally document their steps with their landlord or property manager, such as emails, written communications, sending mail by Certified with Return Receipt, etc. Documenting all communication with your landlord or property manager allows S.A.F.E. to more accurately mediate the situation, and if legal proceedings are needed it allows us to help our members prepare.

• Members are ABSOLUTELY prohibited from making a false grievance, complaint, or documentation to S.A.F.E. this will literally result in the member being removed from S.A.F.E. and permanently banned. Furthermore, if the false report of any kind is deemed illegal by law, S.A.F.E. will reserve the right to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

• Members are allowed to contact S.A.F.E. if they don’t understand how to follow their Rental Agreement procedures, or if their Rental Agreement fails to outline how to file or report a grievance, complaint or otherwise to their landlord or property manager. An associate of S.A.F.E. can help guide you through either the procedures in the Rental Agreement, or if it does not contain any procedures, help guide you through the process of properly contacting your landlord or property manager.

• Members need to always remember to reference their Membership Number that they are given.

• Members MUST notify S.A.F.E. immediately if they receive any type of correspondence from their landlord/property manager or Lender no matter what the type, especially but not limited to any kind of time notice such as 3 day, 30 day, Foreclosure etc., failure to do so may result in delayed correspondence, a delay in help, a delay in mediation, or in serious cases a lose in court and an eviction/foreclosure on your record.

• Members will receive a copy of these rules and regulations with their New Member Packet, if you are a member and did not receive a copy of these rules, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you in getting a copy for your records.

• S.A.F.E. reserves the right to update or amend these rules and regulations at anytime without advance warning to members.

• During ANY issues with your Landlord/Property Manger, or Lender as a member of S.A.F.E. you may request advice from S.A.F.E. about a current or ongoing issue, even before exhausting all the avenues in your Rental Agreement. However, it MUST be noted, S.A.F.E. CANNOT give legal Advice.

• Under certain circumstances the Application Fee maybe waived or deferred, however you MUST request a fee waiver or deferment before completing your Application and you MUST have good reason why you would like the Application Fee to be waived or deferred.

• As part of the membership process member's MUST agree to send pictures, video, or both to S.A.F.E. of their current place of living.

• Member's MUST also agree when becoming a member of S.A.F.E. that they will help other's through S.A.F.E. with their professional, or trade service that they do for a living. (example: If you are a contractor, you volunteer your services through S.A.F.E. to help other members that may need a contractor. If you are an attorney, you will volunteer your services through S.A.F.E. to help other members that may need an attorney, etc.)

• Make sure that S.A.F.E. has a current copy of your Rental Agreement/Purchase Agreement within 72 hours of becoming a Member, and if you sign a new Rental Agreement or find out it has been revised by the landlord or property manager, you will get S.A.F.E. a copy of it within 24 hours. If your lender updates your current Purchase Agreement you will be required by S.A.F.E. to send us a copy of it within 24 hours.

• You MUST keep S.A.F.E. updated to any ongoing or current situation you are involved in with your landlord/property manager or Lender.

• Contact S.A.F.E. immediately if you have followed your Rental Agreement and the issue with your landlord or property manager has not been resolved.

Penalties:

• If you fail to follow your Responsibilities, you could face Membership penalties which may include, but are not limited to the following:

• S.A.F.E. could be put in a position that we cannot do anything to help you.

• As a member if you violated any rules or laws in your Rental Agreement you may have to move.

• You may be required to legally pay legal penalties

• It could lead to eviction or lose of your residence

• You could be permanently banned from being a Member of S.A.F.E. Housing Union.

*S.A.F.E Housing Union reserves the right to update or change these Rules, Responsibilities, and Penalties without notice at anytime.