Possible Clues:

• Living (somewhere)
• What tenant pays to hold party in dwelling
• The edge in the middle of the rent is living there
• Occupant makes chief exec powerless
• Tenant perhaps offering regular payment to save face
• Unable to leave
• Local chairman's heading off
• Hotel guest staying for a prolonged period
• Tenant's payment to landlord out of hand?
• Local is No.1 in America after cutting piano intro