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We, all the Residents at ______________________________________,
in order to afford one another the possibility of peaceful
coexistence and a hope of meaningful community under promises of
mutual respect and responsibility, by signing below, agree to,
and promise to abide by, each of the following terms. 1) The landlord is not a party to this agreement. This agreement is a contract among housemates with the enforceability of contract law, and to be outside the scope of Landlord-Tenant law (which governs landlord tenant relations) to the extent legally permissible. As required consideration for the purposes of law, each party has paid $1 to each other party hereof, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and witnessed. 2) A house meeting can be called with reasonable notice by any two of us. 3) We will normally follow a consensus decision making process. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making#Quaker-based_model) 4) We will decide upon House Rules to govern at least the tasks, schedule, and responsible parties for cleaning, yardwork, and administrative duties such as collecting for and paying bills, and to choose a Treasurer and Landlord Point of Contact. 5) We each agree to attend and participate in the process, and to abide by the group's decisions. So that consensus can work properly, we each agree to participate constructively, and to advocate in the consensus process for the benefit of the group as a whole and not for ourselves as an individual, except so far as individual rights benefit the group. 6) In an extreme case, if one of us refuses to participate properly, or will not pay rent or utilities, or will not abide by a house decision, then we, each and all, hereby agree that the group has the right to decide by a 50% vote to remove the refusing or uncooperative person(s). By signing below I agree that if *I* am so removed, I will move out within 30 days after the vote, in good order, replacing myself with an acceptable substitute, and holding the landlord and other housemates harmless in connection with my removal. If someone *else* is removed, each of the rest of us agree to pay their share of the missing rent until an acceptable substitute is signed and in place. A written record of a removal vote including names, signatures, votes, and the vote date shall be considered by any court of competent jurisdiction as an agreement among all parties hereto that the removed person(s) will move out timely and in good order. 7) Each of us agrees to pay our share of the rent on time. Each agrees to notify the group as early as possible of an expected inability to pay the rent, in which case the person agrees to replace themselves in good order before the beginning of the rental period for which rent payment cannot be made. 8) We will each pay one extra share of rent during the first month of this Constitution to be kept for safekeeping by our House Treasurer and to be used as an emergency fund in case one of us cannot meet their rent share, on condition that that person move out and replace themselves in good order within a month of using this emergency fund. 9) The parties to this Agreement have executed it by their dated signatures below. As residents turn over, additional parties to this agreement may join it by signing below, effective the date of their signature, and departing residents may indicate their departure date if co-signed by another resident.
Signature page for 1210 Haus Constitution
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