Asylum Seeker Covenant Agreement
Apartment Rules Addendum
- For life-threatening emergencies, call 911 immediately. Police and ambulance will arrive within minutes.
- No tobacco, alcohol, firearms, or illegal substances of any kind are permitted inside the apartment or on DASH property at any time.
- Be kind, respectful, and courteous to everyone living in the apartment and to your neighbors in the surrounding apartments (those living above, below, to the left, and to the right of you).
- The apartment should feel safe, welcoming, and comfortable to every resident of that unit. Do your part to help make that true.
- All residents should be completely clothed at all times, unless in the bathroom.
- Do not draw unnecessary attention to yourself or the apartment.
- Quiet hours in the apartment are from 9pm to 9am. These hours may be extended to accommodate roommates who have jobs during the night and must sleep during the day.
- These are DASH’s apartments, paid for by the generous donations of volunteers. They must be kept nice, clean, and tidy at all times–common rooms and bedrooms alike.
- To avoid cockroaches, bedbugs, mice, and mold:
- Pick up after yourself daily.
- Do not take food into the bedrooms.
- Put away food as soon as you are done eating it.
- Clean all surfaces of food residue and crumbs immediately after the mess is made; this includes counters, floors, table tops, etc.
- Put dirty plates into the dishwasher or wash them by hand immediately.
- Keep all opened foods in air-tight containers and stored in appropriate places in kitchen (fridge/freezer/cabinets).
- All rooms of the apartment must be completely cleaned at least once a week: Floors should be vacuumed/swept/mopped. Sheets should be washed. Bathrooms and Kitchen should be scrubbed.
- Each apartment must set up and follow a weekly chore schedule in which each resident of the unit does their share of the cleaning.
- Kitchen trash should be taken out to the big dumpsters every day.
- Pull the shower curtain closed when not in use.
- Leave the bathroom door open when not in use.
- Food provided by DASH should be split and shared equally among all residents of the unit.
- Food purchased by individuals should have that person’s name written on it.
- No romantic relationships inside the apartment. No romantic relationships at all between people in DASH (except couples already married).
- Guests
- Men’s Apartments: female guests are not allowed.
- Women’s Apartments: male guests are not allowed.
- Guests should stay no longer than 2 hours per day and must be respectful of all residents living in that unit.
- Guests should not eat food provided by DASH.
- Report all maintenance issues to the Leasing Office immediately.
- For emergency maintenance issues on a night or weekend, call 817-870-1537, then press Option 3.
- Pets, including dogs and cats, are not allowed in the DASH apartments at any time.
- When grocery deliveries happen, you must go downstairs immediately to receive groceries from the grocery volunteers.