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Originally Posted by Shauk
just to clarify a few things, I've talked in great detail with my landlord about how this is going to play out.
She basically said, as far as the housing company is concerned, taking an occupant off the lease instead of dissolving the lease due to both parties leaving simply means it's transferring sole responsibility to me.
so no, technically, the 125 that he doesn't pay for rent wouldn't just be between him and the housing co since he doesn't have his own lease. It would just become my sole responsibility after the 15th when his name is finally removed from the lease.
He just doesn't seem to "get it" that the deposit is tied to the lease being active. If one person leaves, it's still active. So hounding the rental co does nothing except irritate them. I told him if he wants the money he put forth to the deposit, he has to deal with me in one of those 2 scenarios I gave him.
Find a roommate before the 1st so they basically pay the rent so he wouldn't have to, saving him 125$ in the process and that i'd comp him the 25$ difference
or
pay the rent and just wait for when I get a new roommate to buy out his deposit on the place.
but he insists that he thinks he can get the deposit back from the rental co. At which point I'm like "dude, if they gave you the 150, who do you think they're going to ask to fill that gap? me. once again, skip the middle man and avoid the headache."
nah he bugged them, they told him to fuck off kindly, now he thinks he was robbed and doesn't want to pay the 15 days he owes for.
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It seems like your saying that his half of the rent is his until the 15th, then it becomes yours to pay? Does not compute.
If he has an agreement that says he owes the money to the rental company - then he owes it to the rental company, not you. If that's the case, stay the hell out of it because it's between him and the lessor and to be honest doesn't have anything to do with you.
Unless what you're saying is that you're equal parties on the same lease, which says you're both responsible for the whole of the rent for the month, regardless of where it comes from (you, him or half from each). In which case, if he refuses to pay you get stuck for the whole month. If that's the case, pay it, tell him to go pound sand and keep the deposit to cover the rent he stuck you with.
Either way, when the next roomate comes along ask if you can be allowed to sign separate leases for the place, that way you won't have to deal with this again.