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	Property Management/Leases What is Tenancy at Sufferance? About Leases About Moving In What are the Effects of Condemnation? Duties of the Landlord and the Tenant Eviction Rules What is Habitability Code? KEY CONTROL Who is a Landlord? What is the Landlord's Liability?  Can a Landlord 'Lockout' a Tenant?  What is Periodic Tenancy?  MOVING IN WITH PETS TENANTS RIGHTS TO PRIVACY  Damage Defined What is Property Management?  Who is a Property Manager?  RENT INCREASE  THE 'RIGHT' ROOMMATE  SECURITY DEPOSIT  What is Tenancy at Sufferance? What is Tenancy for Years?  What are the Duties of the Tenant?  Regarding Trespassing by the Landlord  A tenancy at sufferance, also known as a holdover tenancy, exists when a tenant remains in possession of property even after the expiry of his lease, and until the landlord interferes to evict the tenant from the property. Though the tenant can technically be called a trespasser at this point, and possession of this type is not a case of true estate in land, authorities recognize such a condition so as to hold the tenant liable for rent. The landlord may remove such a tenant at any time, and without any notice. The landlord may also choose to impose a new lease on the holdover tenant. For a residential tenancy for instance, this new tenancy is month to month. For a commercial tenancy of more than a year, the new tenancy is usually year to year; otherwise it is the same period as it was before the original lease expired. In either case, the landlord can raise the rent, as long as the landlord has informed the tenant of the hike in rent before the expiration of the original lease.