Terms of Use

What Common Ground is

Common Ground is a free information service. It includes the Rental Map (rental properties in and around Butte County, with availability, rents and HUD Fair Market Rent comparisons), the Community Resources directory, and the Work Hub, a case-management tool that runs in your browser.

Where the information comes from

Listings and service details are compiled from public sources and reviewed by staff. Sources include Butte County parcel and address records, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and USDA data, property management companies' own websites, and public rental listing sites. Fair Market Rent figures are published by HUD.

The information may be wrong or out of date

Rents, availability, office hours and service details change often, and public sources contain mistakes. We do our best, but we do not promise that anything on the site is accurate, complete or current. Always confirm details directly with the landlord, property manager or service provider before you rely on them, and before you pay any money or sign anything.

Not an offer to rent, and no affiliation

• A listing on Common Ground is not an offer to rent and does not mean a unit is available to you.
• We are not a landlord, property manager, real estate broker or housing agency, and we do not take rental applications or payments.
• Common Ground is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for the landlords, property managers or service providers it lists, or with Butte County, HUD or any other government agency, unless a listing clearly says so.
• Labels such as "accepts Section 8", affordable housing programs or student housing are based on public sources and may not be current. Confirm eligibility with the property or the program.

Not legal or professional advice

Nothing on the site is legal, financial or housing-rights advice, including advice about fair housing law. If you think you have experienced housing discrimination, you can contact the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the California Civil Rights Department, or a local legal aid organization.

Using the site

You may use Common Ground for personal, non-commercial and community-service purposes. Please do not:

• copy or scrape the site's data in bulk, or resell it;
• try to get into the staff area or any account without permission, or interfere with the site's security or operation;
• use the site to harass, defraud or discriminate against anyone.

Work Hub

The Work Hub stores your caseload in a file on your own computer; it is not sent to this website, and we cannot see, back up or recover it. You are responsible for keeping your caseload file, passphrase and backups safe, for the accuracy of what you enter, and for following any laws and policies that apply to the client information you keep (such as HIPAA, HMIS or your organization's rules). We are not your organization's business associate and do not receive client records.

Corrections and removal requests

If a listing is wrong, or you are a property owner or manager who wants a listing corrected or removed, contact us at marcel.quenga@quengadesigns.dev with the address and what should change. We review every request and will correct or remove information where appropriate.

Ownership

The site's software, design and text belong to their owners and are protected by copyright. Facts from public records are not owned by us, but the way they are compiled and presented on the site is. Photos are credited to their photographers.

Links to other websites

The site links to outside websites, such as listing pages, provider websites and Google Maps. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content or practices.

No warranty

The site is provided "as is" and "as available", free of charge, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The site may be changed, interrupted or taken offline at any time.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, Quenga Designs and the people who build and maintain the site are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of the site or your reliance on its information, including lost deposits, missed housing opportunities, or lost or damaged Work Hub data.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date, and continuing to use the site means you accept it.

Contact

Questions about these terms: Quenga Designs, marcel.quenga@quengadesigns.dev, Chico, California.