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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.”
You could also call this:

“What happens to a boarding house room when the only person living there dies?”

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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or “What happens when a tenant leaves their boarding house room without telling anyone and stops paying rent”
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Part 2A Boarding house tenancies
Termination

66WTermination of tenancy on death of sole tenant

  1. A boarding house tenancy terminates 48 hours after the death of a sole tenant under the tenancy.

Notes
  • Section 66W: inserted, on , by section 49 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).