Residents at home with partners (7)
I believe the answer is:
inmates
'residents' is the definition.
(inmate is a kind of resident)
'home with partners' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'partners' becomes 'mates' ('mate' can be a synonym of 'partner').
'in'+'mates'='INMATES'
'at' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for inmates that I've seen before include "Inhabitants" , "Ties man (anag.)" , "Prisoners" .)