Regular pay for a place to stay (7)
I believe the answer is:
pension
'regular pay' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pension that I've seen before include "Retired person's allowance" , "Bed and breakfast or small hotel in France" , "Regular payment received after retirement" , "Retirement allowance" , "Regular payment for retired persons" .)