tenancy

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This might be a program where a renter stays for an agreed number of years in return for a lump sum at the end of the tenancy that can be put toward a down payment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

But Mountbatten-Windsor had kept the tenancy of East Lodge, a Grade II-listed cottage located about five miles from Windsor, which is believed to have been used for staff accommodation.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

He eventually got a private tenancy, but was unable to keep up with the cost of the rent, which led to him becoming homeless again.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

“This creates a new tenancy in common arrangement in which the children would be given equal shares to one another, but would still be tenants in common with Owner B.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025

In all the years of our tenancy we never saw the Zemindar who owned our land.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya