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A person who rents or leases a single-family residence and owns no other rental property or who rents or leases rental units in an owner-occupied building of 5 units or less shall not be considered a "landlord'' for the purposes of this subdivision, except for any individual unit in such building which is occupied by a ...

A New Hampshire month-to-month rental agreement is a contract between a landlord and tenant that can be terminated with a minimum of 30 days' notice. Also known as a 'tenancy at-will', this type of arrangement is for a short-term arrangement or if both parties do not know when the tenancy will end.

If you leave before you have paid all the rent for the year, and it is not because of anything the landlord did or did not do, you have breached the lease. The landlord can then try to get you to pay all the rent for the rest of the year, even though you are no longer living there.

'RSA 5, II was adopted in 1985 as part of House Bill 95, which was enacted to ?limit[ ] the grounds for eviction of tenants from restricted property.? House Bill 95 (1985) (analysis).

Generally, the law prohibits landlords from interfering with the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment of the tenancy, which means doing something that substantially interferes with their beneficial use of a rented property, or attempting to circumvent the legal process for evictions.

This is known as cure. To avoid the eviction, the tenant must pay all the back rent plus $15. The tenant can only use the cure process three times over a twelve month period. Tenants and landlords should be aware that there are housing or welfare programs which may be available to aid tenants in paying back rent.