If you’re the only person living in a boarding house under a tenancy agreement, and you die, the tenancy will end 48 hours after your death. This means that two days after you pass away, the agreement between you and the landlord is over.
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66V: When tenant may terminate tenancy, or
“A tenant in a boarding house can end their stay by telling the landlord they're leaving, with just two days' notice.”
66X: Abandonment by tenant, or
“What happens when a tenant leaves their boarding house room without telling anyone and stops paying rent”
A boarding house tenancy terminates 48 hours after the death of a sole tenant under the tenancy.
