Under the implied covenant of quiet enjoyment, breach can occur by which means?

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The implied covenant of quiet enjoyment protects a tenant’s right to possess and use the rental without interference by the landlord. Breach happens whenever that possession is disturbed. There are two ways this can occur: actual eviction, where the landlord physically ousts the tenant or otherwise deprives them of possession; and constructive eviction, where the landlord’s failure to maintain or address essential issues makes the premises so uninhabitable or unusable that the tenant is forced to leave. In either scenario, the tenant’s right to quiet enjoyment is violated, so both actual eviction and constructive eviction count as breaches.