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title: "Landlord-Tenant Law"
type: Legal Term
source: https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/landlord-tenant
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# Landlord-Tenant Law

Landlord-tenant law governs the relationship between property owners who lease their property and the tenants who occupy it. The four types of tenancies are: tenancy for years (fixed term), periodic tenancy (renewing automatically), tenancy at will (terminable by either party), and tenancy at sufferance (holdover). Modern landlord-tenant law has evolved from property-based doctrines to a more contract-based framework, incorporating the implied warranty of habitability, which requires landlords to maintain residential premises in a livable condition.

## Related Terms

- fee-simple-absolute
- easement
- covenant

## Related Cases

- javins-v-first-national-realty
- hilder-v-st-peter
- sommer-v-kridel

## Example

A tenant's apartment has a broken heating system in winter. Under the implied warranty of habitability, the landlord must repair it, and the tenant may have remedies including rent withholding.

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Source: [Landlord-Tenant Law — CaseBriefly](https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/landlord-tenant)