Product: Section 1 | Login Portal

## 🧩 Overview
Create a portal where users can login (enter username and password) and follow links to Forgot Password and Create Account. After successfully logging in, the user will be forwarded to a placeholder.

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## 🧠 Problem Statement
All user roles (Admin, Coordinator, Guest, Host) currently lack a secure, accessible login portal to access the Home Unite Us application, preventing them from utilizing platform features and functionality.

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## 🙋‍♀️ User Story
As a user, I need a place to log in so that I can access the Home Unite Us application.

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## 🎯 Acceptance Criteria (Definition of Done)
> - [ ]Users can access the login portal from homeunite.us
> - [ ]Users who enter an invalid username and password will see an error message
> - [ ]User flows above can be completed on desktop, mobile, and tablet
> - [ ]Link to create account (for Coordinators and Hosts)

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## 🔍 Context / Background
Currently, users do not have a place to log in to the Home Unite Us application. This problem applies to all user roles (Admin, Coordinator, Guest, Host). Users need a centralized, secure entry point to access the Home Unite Us application functionality based on their role and permissions.

- Research Summary: [link]
- Previous Discovery Work: [link to doc]
- Related Epics or Projects: [link]

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## 🖼️ Design Notes (Preliminary)
- Is this feature ready for design work? Yes / No
- Any ideas, inspiration, or existing patterns that should be considered?
> Example: Use form components from the design system; style similar to Guest Intake Form.

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## 📌 Scope Considerations (In/Out Scope)
**In Scope:**
- Login portal with username/password authentication
- Minimum Expectations listed
- Responsive design across all devices

**Out of Scope (future or separate stories):**
- Forgot password functionality
- User role-specific landing pages
- Create account functionality (separate stories)

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## 🛑 Constraints / Risks / Workflow Dependency
*(Compliance / Regulatory information will be captured in the Feature List, this should be specific to the feature, where applicable)
- Known data dependencies?
- Technical limitations?

> Example: We must collect data in a way that meets GDPR and local data privacy laws.

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### Action Items
- Assign and Prep
- [ ] Product Manager: Understand, draft User Story and self-assign
- [ ] Product Manager: Conduct the necessary research (if applicable), clarify any questions
- [ ] Product Manager: Work with PM team/lead to clarify any questions about the User Story
- [ ] Product Manager: Work with Product Team Lead to assign the appropriate size & complexity
- [ ] Product Manager/Lead: determine if work should be split into multiple issues, if so, create issue(s) and link them in this issue (if applicable) or create as standalone.
- Draft and Review:
- [ ] Product Manager: Change Issue Status to "In Progress"
- [ ] Product Manager: Draft User Story
- [ ] Product Manager: Change Issue Status to "For Review/Feedback Needed"
- [ ] Product Manager: Add Label "Ready for: Design Peer Review"
- [ ] Product 1st Level/Peer Review: Review to ensure the story captures the objective/goal of the feature to be developed and provides adequate for Design and Dev. Provide comment(s) in the comment section of the issue and tag assignee.
- [ ] Product 1st Level/Peer Reviewer: Change Issue Status to "Questions/Clarification" and add label "Ready for Product.....Persona"
- [ ] Product Manager (Assignee): Change Issue Status to "In Progress"
- [ ] Product Manager (Assignee): Review issue comment(s) and resolve accordingly
- [ ] Repeat above steps until all comments are resolved
- [ ] Product 1st Level/Peer Reviewer: Change Issue Status to "For Review/Feedback Needed" and add label "Ready for: Product Lead"
- [ ] 2nd final/Product Lead: Review and provide feedback (if any) in comment section below, add label "Ready for Product...Persona"
- [ ] Repeat above steps until all comments are resolved

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### 🔗 Related Tickets
- Add all related ticket(s) as sub-issues (add picture)
- Design Ticket: [[883](https://github.com/hackforla/HomeUniteUs/issues/878#issuecomment-3208298966)]
- Engineering Ticket: [link]
- QA Test Plan: [link]

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### 📎 Resources & References

- Existing Research: [Link]
- Brand Guidelines / Design System: [Link]
- Previous or Related Designs: [Link]