Flexible shelter housing a new resident (6)
I believe the answer is:
tenant
'resident' is the definition.
(I know that tenant is a type of resident)
'flexible shelter housing a new' is the wordplay.
'flexible shelter' becomes 'tent' (canvas shelter. I am not sure about the 'flexible' bit.).
'housing' is an insertion indicator.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'a'+'n'='an'
'tent' placed around 'an' is 'TENANT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenant that I've seen before include "One renting property" , "One who pays rent" , "Lessee" , "Rent payer" , "Property renter" .)