Can a temporary rental contract of 1 year be extended by 1 year without creating a right to tenancy?

Questioner

For several years now, we have been renting out a non-independent living space in our own house with a temporary rental contract of 1 year. Early last year, the possibility seemed to arise to extend this temporary contract once by 1 year, provided it was terminated in time. We intended to make use of this possibility, because it concerns a very pleasant tenant. However, in December 2021 we became aware of the repair law. It appears that this was adopted and came into effect on 1 January 2022. It is not clear to us whether this also blocks the extension of a 1-year temporary rental contract by one more year without building up tenancy rights.

Lawyer

The repair law ensures that the regulation you are talking about has no effect and that fixed-term rental contracts cannot be extended as was previously the case.