rankling paying tenants, sitting tenant

Benjamin Netanyahu Issues First Plan for Postwar Gaza

The proposal, calling for indefinite Israeli military control of Gaza and buffer zones, was rejected by Palestinians and seemed certain to rankle Arab nations.

As the Homeless Move In, Some Paying Tenants Question a City Program
By JULIE BOSMAN
A program that places homeless people into apartment buildings is rankling tenants who say that landlords are pushing them out.

Definition

rankle 
verb [I]
to cause annoyance or anger which lasts a long time:The unkind way in which his girlfriend left him still rankled with him long after.
[+ that] It still rankles that she got promoted, and I didn't.


tenant 
noun [C]
a person who pays rent for the use of land or a building

tenancy 
noun
1 [C or U] the right to use land or live in a building in exchange for rent

2 [C] the period of time for which you have the right to use a building or piece of land:
a two-year tenancy


sitting tenant noun [C]
a person with a legal right to stay in a property that they are renting:
We can't sell the house because we can't get rid of the sitting tenants.