Sentence examples for in a tenant from inspiring English sources

But he had enough extra room to take in a tenant, who pays $2,400 a month, reducing Mr. Samalin's portion to $1,100.

"Was he born in a tenant farm house?" Mr. Boswell asked, incredulously.

Minutes after Mr. Jones settled in, a tenant happened by and unlocked the door.

Rent stabilization, he added, results in "a tenant who feels like he has rights above and beyond anyone else".

For tenants looking for ways to get ahead of the competition, it's crucial to understand what most landlords look for in a tenant.

Taking in a tenant for little or no rent in exchange for household work suits many who have extra space, like Thelma Chesney, a Brooklyn Heights resident.

Then there is a £420 admin fee, £165 to check-in a tenant, £150 for gas and electricity safety certificates (each), plus 12% of the value of any works above £1,000 that need to be done on the property.

This is basically a bedroom community; you can't bring in a major tenant now".

He moved in as a tenant in 1986.

Stephen Gillers, another NYU law professor, compared the verdict to a landlord-tenant case in which a tenant was mugged in a dark elevator.

… On paper those laws aren't weak, but they become weak in practice". California generally has better tenant laws than Wisconsin, but even in a "tenant-friendly" state, a chronic housing shortage inevitably stacks the deck in favor of landlords with the time, money and resources to learn the intricacies of housing law and use them to exploit their tenants.