You can stay for five years. The preferential period of housing allocation is three years at most. If you need to rent a talent apartment again after the expiration of the period, you must go through the formalities of filing and approval in strict accordance with the application. The second preferential period does not exceed 2 years, and the lease application will not be accepted after the expiration. The preferential period of rent subsidy is five years, and the application will not be accepted when it expires. The total preferential period for the same applicant to enjoy the two preferential methods cannot exceed five years.