CrotchrocketSlm

I had a roommate who was having a room rented out for him by a non-profit organization for training purposes, for the period between Feb 19th to May 19th. The organization, which will remain nameless in this thread (maybe I'll start another thread about them), unbeknownst to any of us, does not believe in treating its employee with such things as working under 50 hours a week or giving them a living wage, or even allowing their workers to unionize, despite the fact that they are pro-Union elsewhere. Suffice it to say, my roommate is leaving after a mere three weeks of their abuse.

Now, I have a sublease agreement signed by my roommate that states that this group would have been paying for my roommate's rent for the entire time he was here, he'll testify to that, and that he has had permission from the organization to do this (they had him find his own housing instead of securing it themselves, and he saw my ad online). The one time I did recieve a check from them, it was one of their agents who filled out the check. The rental laws in my state, according to my state Atty General's office, apply to all sublet situations as well, and that even if it was an oral agreement that was a month to month arrangement in nature, the standard in my state is one rental period plus 30 days notice before moving out. Either way, I don't see how they can back out of this.

Now this organization is demanding its deposit back and refusing to pay the remainder of the rent for the period that all parties had agreed to. How can I go about fighting this, and perhaps even getting the money they do rightfully owe me?