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

Sarah and Amy both said the people they spoke to in person and interacted with over the phone appeared legitimate, and that the process they went through "mirrored exactly what a tenancy process looks like".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

“However, community property can be changed to a tenancy in common via divorce proceedings to allow each co-owner the ability to transfer their shares to heirs.”

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