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- The assignee of a leased house and any person who has succeeded to the ownership of the leased house through inheritance, auction, etc. shall succeed to the status of the lessor (Article 3 (4) of the Housing Lease Protection Act).

- Even though a lessor, who is an assignor, and an assignee have concluded a contract including a special stipulation that the obligations of a lessor for the lessee are not succeeded, the stipulation shall be ineffective as it is unfavorable to the lessee (Article 10 of the Housing Lease Protection Act).

- In cases of a housing lease with the opposing power, even though a leased house is transferred after the lease terminates, the status of a lessor shall be succeeded by the assignee until a deposit is repaid to a lessee (Article 4 (2) of the Housing Lease Protection Act and Supreme Court's Decision dated September 4, 2002, Case No. 2001Da 64615).

- A lessee with the opposing power for a leased house may keep using the leased house and taking profits therefrom even when the leased house is transferred (Articles 3 (1) and (4) of the Housing Lease Protection Act).

- Where the lessee who may oppose against the assignee of a leased house does not want to succeed to the status of the lessor and the leased house is auctioned off before the term of the lease expires, he/she may rescind the lease contract and claim a preferential repayment (Supreme Court's Decision dated September 2, 1998, Determination No. Ja 98Ma 100 and Supreme Court's Decision dated September 4, 2002, Case No. 2001Da 64615).