If the landlord fails to provide a new tenancy within 3 months and the tenant continues to occupy, the existing agreement is renewed for the same term or a maximum of 12 months whichever is less and with the same benefits and obligations, subject to any permitted rent increase. This type of automatic renewal can only occur once, thereafter the tenancy becomes a month-to-month tenancy.

• A. The existing agreement is renewed for the same term or a maximum of 12 months, whichever is less, with the same benefits and obligations, subject to any permitted rent increase; this automatic renewal can occur only once, thereafter the tenancy becomes month-to-month.
• B. The tenancy ends and a new agreement must be signed.
• C. A new fixed-term renewal is automatically created for 24 months.
• D. The tenancy becomes month-to-month immediately with no renewal.

Answer: (A)

When a landlord doesn’t issue a new tenancy within the required window and the tenant stays, the tenancy automatically continues with a renewal of the same terms. The renewal is for the same term length or up to a maximum of 12 months, whichever is less, and it keeps the same rights, duties, and the allowed rent increase. This automatic renewal can happen only once; after that, the tenancy shifts to a month-to-month arrangement.

This fits because the law provides a one-time fixed-term holdover renewal to preserve continuity, but it caps the renewal at 12 months and then moves to month-to-month if the tenancy continues. It’s not a termination requiring a new agreement, not a 24-month automatic renewal, and not an immediate month-to-month start without a prior fixed-term renewal.