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damage and loss as a result of tenant's negligence. However, we do <br />not maintain insurance to cover your personal property or personal <br />injury. We are not responsible to any resident, guest, or occupant <br />for damage or loss of personal property or personal injury from <br />(including but not limited to) fire, smoke, rain, flood, water and <br />pipe leaks, hail, ice, snow, lightning, wind, explosions, earthquake, <br />interruption of utilities, theft, hurricane, negligence of other <br />residents, occupants, or invited/uninvited guests or vandalism <br />unless otherwise required by law. We urge you to get your own <br />insurance for losses to your personal property or injuries due to <br />theft, fire, water damage, pipe leaks and the like.Additionally you <br />are required to purchase personal liability insurance.Failure to <br />maintain personal liability insurance is an incurable breach of this <br />Lease Contract and may result in the termination of tenancy and <br />eviction and/or any other remedies as provided by this Lease <br />Contract or state law. <br />As per applicable law, a household with total income is below the <br />median income for the area in which this premises in located, or <br />if the tenants receive housing rental assistance from state and/or <br />federal subsidy program, cannot be required to purchase personal <br />liability insurance; although encouraged to help protect against <br />personal damages, property an/or injury. <br />2.7 CREDIT REPORTING <br />We recognize rent obligation is one of the largest and important <br />monthly expense for tenants.We subscribe to CredHub and will <br />report resident payment history on a monthly basis. CredHub will <br />report the same to TransUnion and Equifax (hereinafter “Credit <br />Bureaus”).The landlord and CredHub will comply with all federal <br />and state regulations or rules now in effect or that may become <br />effective after the date of this acknowledgement to protect the <br />Resident(s) including the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting <br />Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681,et seq., and any and all other applicable laws <br />and regulations. <br />2.8 RELEASE OF RESIDENT <br />Unless you're entitled to terminate this Lease Contract under <br />paragraphs, you won't be released from this Lease Contract for <br />any reason--including but not limited to voluntary or involuntary <br />school withdrawal or transfer, voluntary or involuntary job transfer, <br />marriage, separation, divorce, reconciliation, loss of co-residents, <br />loss of employment, bad health, or death. <br />2.9 MILITARY PERSONNEL CLAUSE <br />You may terminate the Lease Contract if you enlist or are drafted <br />or commissioned and on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. You <br />may also terminate the Lease Contract if: <br />1.you are (i) a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or reserves on <br />active duty or (ii) a member of the National Guard called to <br />active duty for more than 30 days in response to a national <br />emergency declared by the President; and <br />2.you (i) receive orders for permanent change-of-station, (ii) <br />receive orders to deploy with a military unit or as an <br />individual in support of a military operation for 90 days or <br />more, (iii) are relieved or released from active duty. <br />3.After you deliver to us your written termination notice, the <br />Lease Contract will be terminated under this military clause <br />30 days after the date on which your next rental payment <br />is due. You must furnish us a copy of your military orders, <br />such as permanent change-of-station orders, call-up orders, <br />or deployment orders or written notification from your <br />commanding officer. Military permission for base housing <br />does not constitute change-of-station order. After you move <br />out, we'll return your security deposit, less lawful deductions. <br />For the purposes of this Lease Contract, orders described in <br />(2) above will only release the resident who qualifies under <br />(1) and (2) above and receives the orders during the Lease <br />Contract term and such resident's spouse or legal dependents <br />living in the resident's household. A co-resident who is not <br />your spouse or dependent cannot terminate under this <br />military clause. Unless you state otherwise in paragraph 10, <br />you represent when signing this Lease Contract that: (1) you <br />do not already have deployment or change-of-station orders; <br />(2) you will not be retiring from the military during the Lease <br />Contract term; and (3) the term of your enlistment or <br />obligation will not end before the Lease Contract term ends. <br />Even if you are entitled to terminate this Lease Contract under <br />this paragraph, liquidated damages for making a false <br />representation of the above will be the amount of unpaid <br />rent for the remainder of the lease term when and if you <br />move out, less rents from others received in mitigation. You <br />must immediately notify us if you are called to active duty or <br />receive deployment or permanent change-of-station orders. <br />2.10 RESIDENT SAFETY & PROPERTY LOSS <br />You and all occupants and guests must exercise due care for your <br />own and others' safety and security, especially in the use of smoke <br />detectors, keyed deadbolt locks, keyless bolting devices, window <br />latches, and other safety or security devices. You agree to make <br />every effort to follow the Security Guidelines in this Lease Contract. <br />Statutory Notice Regarding Smoke Detectors and Carbon <br />Monoxide Detectors.We'll furnish a smoke detector and carbon <br />monoxide detector in the apartment as required by statute. We'll <br />test the smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector and provide <br />working batteries (if applicable) when you first take possession. <br />After that, you must maintain the smoke detector and carbon <br />monoxide detector and replace any batteries as needed, at your <br />expense. We may replace dead or missing batteries at your expense, <br />without prior notice to you. You must immediately report smoke- <br />detector and carbon monoxide detector malfunctions to us. Neither <br />you nor others may disable, remove, or damage smoke detectors <br />or carbon monoxide detectors. If the foregoing is violated or you <br />fail to replace a dead battery or report malfunctions to us, you will <br />be liable to us and others for any loss, damage, or fines from fire, <br />smoke, or water. You acknowledge that we have advised you: (i) <br />that the apartment is equipped with a smoke detector and carbon <br />monoxide detector, (ii) that it's your responsibility to maintain the <br />smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector in proper working <br />condition, and (iii) that you may be subject to fines of up to $200 <br />or other penalties for your failure to comply with the provisions of <br />RCW 43.44.110. You confirm that the smoke detector and carbon <br />monoxide detector was operational as of the date of your inspection, <br />and (iv) following the commencement of the lease term, you will <br />pay for and replace the smoke detector and carbon monoxide <br />detector batteries, if any, as needed. You must not permit or cause <br />the removal, disconnection, or disabling of the smoke detector or <br />carbon monoxide detector. <br />Casualty Loss.We're not liable to any resident, guest, or occupant <br />for personal injury or damage or loss of personal property from <br />any cause, including but not limited to: fire, smoke, rain, flood, <br />water and pipe leaks, hail, ice, snow, lightning, wind, explosions, <br />earthquake, interruption of utilities, theft, or vandalism unless <br />otherwise required by law. Unless we instruct otherwise, you must-- <br />for 24 hours a day during freezing weather--(1) keep the apartment <br />heated to at least 50 degrees; (2) keep cabinet and closet doors <br />open; and (3) drip hot and cold water faucets. You'll be liable for <br />damage to our and others' property if damage is caused by broken <br />7