Inhabit Street

What is Inhabit Street?

Inhabit Street is an online community for the residents of apartment buildings, condominiums and townhouses.

Who can join?

Anyone can join Inhabit Street. It's free.

I can't find my building on Inhabit Street. What should I do?

Try using the advanced search page and try different combinations of your street, town and city names. Also, click on the pins on the map to see if any of them are your building. If your building is not yet listed, you can add it.

If I add my building, what will that mean for me?

When you create a building, you become the administrator of that community. You will be able to edit the community settings, make other people moderators and manage the resident list.

Can I register with more than one building?

No. Your account is fixed to one building.

What happens if I move house?

You can change your builing once every 6 months at Inhabit Street. If you move house, go to the I Moved section and follow the steps.

Can I control who sees my information

Yes. In your profile, you can choose to make your profile and posts visible to either the public or only to those members of the community you are registered with.

Can I stop a specific person from seeing my information

Yes, you can block specific users. On the community homepage, go to the "browse residents" page, find the user you wish to block and click the

"block user" icon.

What else can I do to ensure my privacy

In your profile, you have control over whether to show a photo and whether to use your real name or a pseudonym for your Display Name. This is the name that will be shown to other users in inhabitstreet.
Your email address is never shown to other users.

What is the role of a Community Administrator?

The community administrators are responsible for creating the community's site and for setting up the list of forums and building information, such as rooms and statistics.

What is the role of a Community Moderator?

The community moderators ensure that the discussions between residents are fair and respectful. Moderators can remove messages that are rude or offensize to other users.

How can I become a Community Administrator or Moderator?

You will need to ask the existing administrator to give you access. Go to Browse Residents, find the administrator and send them a private message requesting to have the access you would like.

How can I restrict which users have access to a forum?

Inhabit Street provides a set of Roles that users can be assigned to and you can assign various permissions to each Role. The Roles include:

Resident
Owner
Strata Council
Moderator
Administrator

Login as an Administrator for your community and navigate to the forum you want to restrict access to. In the forum page, click "administer forum" to navigate to the "edit forum" page. In the Permissions section, check or uncheck the relevant boxes to restrict access. For example, to only allow Strata Council members and Administrators to post to a forum, uncheck the "Post" column for all the roles except Strata Council and Administrators.

How can I add a user to a Role?

Login as an Administrator for your community and from your community home page, click on "resident directory". In the directory, find the user you want to manage and click the "manage roles" link. On the User Roles page, check or uncheck the roles you need and click save.

What does it mean to link my account to Facebook?

Linking you account to Facebook means that you can login to Inhabit Street using your Facebook login. We may add new integration features in the future.

How do I link my account to Facebook?

Login to Inhabit Street as usual and navigate to your Profile page. At the bottom of the page is a link to Facebook. Click this link, then login to Facebook and your Inhabit Street account is now linked to Facebook.

Do you record any of my Facebook information?

Inhabit Street records your Facebook Id, which is a number like 342525252. We comply fully with the Facebook Developer Terms of Service.

Can I still login with my Inhabit Street account as well as my Facebook account?

Yes, once you account is linked to Facebook, you can login using the usual Inhabit Street login or through Facebook.

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