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Boarding house

For the short story, see The Boarding House. For the film, see Boardinghouse (film).
One of the last remaining textile mill boarding houses in Lowell, Massachusetts, on right; part of the Lowell National Historical Park

A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms on a nightly basis and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, or years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. It normally provides "room and board," with some meals as well as accommodation.

Lodgers legally obtain a licence, not exclusive possession, to use their rooms and so the landlord retains the right of access.[1]

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Boarding-House" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 95.

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