A live-in aide provides essential care and does not pay rent. Which statement is true regarding their status?

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A live-in aide’s occupancy is conditional on providing essential care to the resident, not a tenancy. Because they don’t pay rent, that alone doesn’t create tenant rights. Tenants have leases and long-term rights to stay, whereas a live-in aide is there to support the resident and their stay depends on continuing to provide those services. If the resident no longer needs care or the aide stops serving, the aide must vacate. They can stay only as long as they continue to fulfill the caregiving role, which does not convert them into a tenant.