I rent, poor and lazy (5)
I believe the answer is:
inert
'lazy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'i rent poor' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates an anagram.
'rent' is an anagram of 'nert'.
'i'+'nert'='INERT'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for inert that I've seen before include "lazy" , "Not chemically active" , "Indolent - unreactive" , "Inter, being unable to move" , "Motionless or inanimate" .)