Terms of Use

Last updated: May 16, 2018

Welcome to our website at www.nlchp.org, (the “Site”). The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (“NLCHP,” “we,” or “us”) is a 501(c)(3) organization, and this website offers a wide variety of information and links to resources about NLCHP and partner organizations to our users (“you”) under the following terms and conditions (these “Terms”) as set forth in this Terms of Use Agreement (this “Agreement”), which incorporates our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.nlchp.org/privacy.
Please carefully read these Terms of Use before accessing or using this site, as use of our website is conditional upon acceptance of these Terms of Use, which affect your legal rights and obligations. BY ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS SITE AND/OR ITS SERVICES.
 
Comments on the Website
We appreciate hearing from you. All efforts will be made to respond to your comments, but we cannot guarantee we will do so. Any response will be for informational or educational purposes only and will not constitute legal or financial advice. We make no warranties, express or implied, about the information in these responses. 
 
Not Legal or Financial Advice
The information on this Site, including but not limited to reports, newsletters, articles, and opinions is provided for educational and informational purposes only. This information is not intended to create, and receipt of it does not constitute, a lawyer-client relationship, nor is it intended to provide financial, accounting, or tax advice. For advice about your own personal circumstances, we suggest that you seek advice from a lawyer licensed in your own state.
 
Please do not send us confidential information until you speak with one of our lawyers and receive our authorization to send that information to us. Providing information to us (via e-mail links on this Web site or otherwise) will not create an attorney-client relationship in the absence of an express agreement with us to create such a relationship.
 
Lawful Use and Age Restriction
Use of this site and our services is intended for residents of the United States over the age of 13. By using our website, you represent that you are at least 13 years old. You agree to use the Services only as lawful in the United States, and the relevant jurisdictions and subdivisions thereof.
 
If you are a resident of another nation, your use of this website is conditioned upon (1) your representation that your use of our website is legal under the legal system applicable to you, (2) your agreement to use our website only in a manner that complies with any law applicable to you, and (3) your specific indemnification of NLCHP against claims arising under the legal system applicable to you.

No Application to Third Party Sites or Links
This Agreement does not apply to sites of any third parties, and our provision of a link to any other website is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other site or location or its contents. NLCHP has no control over, does not review, and is not responsible for, the content of third party sites.

Site Materials
All materials appearing on our website are our property unless otherwise indicated, and are protected by United States copyright laws. Any reproduction or distribution, except for personal, informational use, is a violation of our copyright. If you would like to make copies and/or distribute the report, please contact us.

You may link to our home page. You must contact us if you wish to link to any page other than the home page.

All trademarks referred to on this website are service/trademarks of their respective owners.

Changes
NLCHP may add, change, discontinue, remove, or suspend the Site or any of the site materials or services at any time, without notice
 
You also acknowledge and agree that we may modify this Agreement at any time, in our sole discretion, that all modifications to this Agreement will be effective immediately upon our posting of the modifications on this website. Please review this Agreement regularly so that you are aware of and agree to any and all modifications made to this Agreement. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse will be to cease using our website. Use of our website after updates are posted and effective constitutes acceptance of any changes.

Access Rights
We hereby grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use our website solely for personal use as permitted under this Agreement. Your access to and continued use of our website constitutes your acceptance, without limitation, of these policies and disclaimers. Any resale of this information or use for commercial gain is prohibited, except in accordance with a licensing agreement with us.

You understand and acknowledge that this website is the property of NLCHP, and you may not prepare derivative works of, modify, distribute, sell, lease, rent, sublicense, assign, export, or transfer in any other manner our website or any underlying materials, software, technology or other information unless expressly authorized hereunder.
 
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to deny use of our website to anyone for any reason. You acknowledge and agree that we, in our sole discretion, at any time and with or without notice, may block or terminate your or any other party’s access to all or part of our website, or change or discontinue any aspect or feature of our website (including, without limitation, discontinuing our website in its entirety); and that, without limitation of any other provisions of this Agreement, we reserve the right to take any actions at law or in equity that we deem appropriate in connection with our website or this Agreement, or any threats to the personal safety of our employees, other website users, or the public.

Acceptable Use
You agree not to use or access our website for any purposes other than for which our website is being provided to you. You agree not to use our website in any manner that: (a) violates any local, state, national or international law; (b) threatens, stalks, harasses, abuses, defames, slanders, or in any other way harms another individual; (c) collects or stores personal data about other users without their consent, or otherwise prepares, compiles, uses, downloads or copies any user information and/or usage information or any portion thereof, or transmits, provides or otherwise distributes (whether or not for a fee) such information to any third party; (d) impersonates any person or entity, misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity, or otherwise creates a false identity for the purpose of misleading others; (e) infringes someone else’s patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other rights; (f) is vulgar, gratuitously violent, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, or racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive, hateful or abusive; (g) advocates or solicits violence, criminal conduct or the violation of any local, state, national or international law or the rights of any third party; (h) promotes sexually explicit or pornographic material or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; or (i) constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, junk or bulk email (spam), chain letters, or any other unsolicited commercial or non-commercial communication.

While NLCHP retains the right to monitor, supervise, and filter content on any interactive features that we provide, NLCHP is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of the site, or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any content within the site.
 
You may not interfere with or disrupt our website or servers or networks connected to our website, interfere with or disrupt or inhibit others’ use of our website, including through the upload or other transmission of any malicious content or code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, overburden, impair, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, network, server, or communications systems or equipment or use any robot, spider, or other such programmatic or automatic device to obtain information or scrape from our website or otherwise monitor or copy any portion of our website.
 
User Content
If you submit or otherwise provide information to NLCHP, such information must be true, accurate, current, and complete, and you shall maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete, and the truth, accuracy, currency, and completeness of such information is a condition to your use of our website. If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate your use of our website (or any portion thereof).

The website may invite you to participate in sharing through blogs, message boards, surveys, online forums and or other interactive functionalities and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute or broadcast content and materials to NLCHP and/or to or via the website, including, without limitation, text, writings, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions or personally identifiable information or other material (collectively, excluding website materials not created by you, “User Content”). NLCHP does not solicit submissions, creative materials, ideas or suggestions other than those NLCHP specifically requests. Any communications or materials you transmit to us by electronic e-mail or otherwise including, without limitation, data, questions, comments, ideas, images, writings, music, sounds, audiovisual effects, artwork, design elements, graphics, suggestions, concepts, biographical information, notes or chat or message postings, will be treated as non-confidential, except as described in our Privacy Policy. Your User Content must be wholly original to you, and you agree that you will not assert any interest in your User Content against NLCHP and that NLCHP has no obligation to return your User Content. You should also be aware submissions of User Content may not be secure, and you should consider this before submitting any information to NLCHP.
 
By transmitting your content to the website or NLCHP, you are granting to NLCHP an unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual fully-paid, and royalty-free right and license to host, copy, distribute, reproduce, disclose, sell, re-sell, sub-license, display, perform, transmit, publish, broadcast, modify, make derivative works from, retitle, reformat, translate, archive, store, cache, or otherwise use in any manner whatsoever, all or any portion of your User Content for any purpose whatsoever, in any and all formats; on or through any and all media, software, or formula now known or hereafter known; and with any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed and to advertise, market, and promote same. You further agree that NLCHP is free to use any ideas, information, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any User Content you send to the website or NLCHP, for any purposes whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, producing, marketing, and otherwise in connection with products and/or services using such User Content, and without remuneration of any kind to you. You further perpetually and irrevocably grant NLCHP the unconditional right to use your name, persona, and likeness included in any User Content and in connection with any User Content, without any obligations to you other than as provided for herein. Except as prohibited by law, you waive any rights of attribution and/or any so-called moral rights you may have in any User Content you submit, even if such User Content is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you, to the greatest extent allowed by applicable law.
 
You acknowledge and agree that NLCHP may, but is not obligated to, review, monitor, display, archive, maintain, accept, profit from, delete, move, re-format, edit, alter, distort, remove, block, or use User Content at any time and without notice to you as it deems fit. You also agree and understand that NLCHP is not obligated to use User Content and that you will not receive any additional consideration or compensation for your User Content or for any further or derivative use of it. Your access to our website shall be the sole consideration for your User Content. You represent and warrant that: (a) you own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above; and (b) all of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms.
 
Complaints or Copyright Infringement Notification
NLCHP takes claims of infringement of intellectual property rights, defamation, and violation of rights of privacy or publicity very seriously and complies with the complaint procedures of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We also reserve the right to disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
 
If you believe that any of the material that is or was on our website infringes or has infringed any rights, including copyrights or trademarks, owned by you, or by an owner for which you are authorized to act, please e-mail email@NLCHP.org.
 
You may notify us pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing our designated agent with all of the following information:
 
1. The electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner, or the person or entity authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
2. A specific description of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed. If multiple copyrighted works exist on a single online site, you may provide a representative list of such works at that site.
3. A specific description of where the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed exists (including the specific web page address on this site).
4. A specific description where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists (including, for example, a specific Web page address not on this site).
5. Your name, address, telephone number and, if available, your e-mail address.
6. A written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, the person or entity authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, or the law.
7. A written statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that all of the above information is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or the person or entity authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
NLCHP’s designated agent[1] for notices of claims of copyright infringement may be reached at: Copyright Agent, NLCHP, address, phone number, and email.
You should be aware that under the DMCA claimants who make misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the of the alleged infringing material, court costs, and attorney’s fees.

Privacy and Security

You may be asked to provide certain personal information to us to participate in certain features of our site or to donate, volunteer, or register for certain events. All information we collect on the website, including through the registration process, will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy, located in the Privacy Policy footer link at https://www.nlchp.org/ and incorporated by this reference into this Agreement. We endeavor to protect sensitive customer information provided to us and in our possession, and utilize technical safeguards to help make your online experience secure. However, NLCHP cannot guarantee the security of transactions or User information on the Internet.

Endorsement Disclaimer

We do not endorse, support, sanction, or verify the information or material that is provided on this site or linked to this site.

Disclaimers of Warranties and Limitations of Liability

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. OUR WEBSITE PROVIDED ON AN AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NLCHP EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, OPERABILITY, CONDITION, QUIET ENJOYMENT, VALUE, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY OF DATA AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION. NLCHP MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, CORRECT, USEFUL, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, DEFECT-FREE OR ERROR-FREE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FREE FROM VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJANS, OTHER MALICIOUS CODE, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS).
 
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN NO EVENT WILL NLCHP OR ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OR PARTNERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES WERE ADVISED OF, KNEW OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY), ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES.
 
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. To the extent that we may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any implied warranty or limit our liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of our liability will be the minimum permitted under such applicable law.

Miscellaneous

Unless otherwise set forth in an agreement between you and NLCHP, this Agreement and our Privacy Policy constitutes the entire and exclusive and final statement of the agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter hereof, and governs your access to the and use of the website. All matters relating to the website, this Agreement, the relationship between you and NLCHP or any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be governed by the laws of Washington, DC, without giving effect to any choice of laws or principles that would require the application of the laws of a different country or state. Any legal action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or your use of, the website must be instituted exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the Washington, DC and in no other jurisdiction.

Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect.

Copyright Notice
© 2017 National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.  All rights reserved. Copyright is claimed in all proprietary and copyrightable text, graphics and computer code on this web site, the overall design of this site, and the selection, arrangement and presentation of all materials on this site.

The Law Center Social Media Community Guidelines
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (“The Law Center”) social media pages are intended for you to connect with other people concerned about homelessness. They are for informational—and social—purposes, and we want everyone to feel welcome here.
To ensure that everyone may enjoy their experience on our social media pages, we ask that you do not post any comments or content (including photos, videos, or other media) which fall into any of the categories listed below:
  1. Comments or content containing spam or commercial promotional information, including links to third parties or their products or services;
  2. Comments or content which are off topic or unrelated to homelessness or The Law Center, such as comments or content relating to political or religious views;
  3. Comments posted anonymously or using a pseudonym;
  4. Comments or content which infringes or may infringe upon third party intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights;
  5. Comments or content which are discriminatory, racist, sexually explicit, vulgar, or otherwise reasonably offensive;
  6. Comments or content which are false, fraudulent, or otherwise harm the community by being defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, violent (or inciting violence), or otherwise criminal or reasonably offensive to others;
  7. Comments or content containing viruses or other malware;
Please understand that any posts on The Law Center social media sites which appear to fall into any of the above categories, or which we otherwise deem inappropriate for our social media communities, will be deleted or hidden from the view of other users without prior notification to you and may result in you being reported to the social media site or banned from accessing our social media pages in the future. 

The Law Center does not intend to convey any legal advice on its social media sites.  This material is not intended as a substitute for proper legal advice. 

The Law Center does not endorse and disclaims responsibility for the accuracy of any remarks, opinions, comments, suggestions and other information expressed or included in user comments and posts on our social media pages.

Should you spot any content or comments posted on our social media pages which you believe is not in accordance with either these Community Guidelines, please report it to us. 

The Law Center agrees to make good faith efforts to investigate any such reports and will take action as we decide is appropriate in the circumstances.

The Law Center may change these Community Guidelines (in whole or in part) at any time and without prior notification to social media users. 

Finally, please be aware that The Law Center reserves the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose without compensation to you any content or comments that you post on our social media pages, including any ideas or information relating to The Law Center products.

We are excited to have you visit our social media sites, and we look forward to future conversations. 

                 

[1] To have the full benefit of the copyright agent process, you must provide (a) the name, address, phone number, and electronic mail address of the agent, and (b) file a designation of the agent with the Copyright Office using your own form or http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agent.pdf