> Can you elaborate on this more? Does a tenant have the right to force an owner to extend a lease, perhaps? What is a lease? In The Netherlands a tenant has a

> Can you elaborate on this more? Does a tenant have the right to force an owner to extend a lease, perhaps? What is a lease? In The Netherlands a tenant has a rent contract with the owner, which by law may not be restricted in term, and which the owner can not break the contract. (the tenant can break it unwillingly by failing to pay rent of course). There's a small exception for when there is a bigger interest, for example, if you rent a flat, and the entire building is scheduled to be demolished. But still the owner is then obligated to either compensate you or find you a new comparable home. It is also not allowed to increase the rent more than some number having to do with the inflation rate (I believe it's 2-5% per year). I know a person who lives in the 'Oud-West' district of Amsterdam for 500 euro per month, just because he started renting over 30 years ago. The owner has offered him thousands just to move out so he can rent the place out for the ~2000/m that location usually fetches.