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Hi, I am posting on behalf of my girlfriend. I know a lot of you like to see the person with the problem posting, but I wanted to post for her as she is currently really upset about the situation and I figured it'd be easier for someone who isn't upset to do the posting.
Anyway, my girlfriend had lived in an apartment with 5 other college students. She subletted her room out to another person back in May and the lease just ended on August 15th. There were problems almost the entire year with a roommate keeping a cat that damaged much of the apartment, so she was expecting legal issues. So, she finds out today that the property management company is going after her and 5 other people for about 2400 dollars in unpaid rent and about 5,000 dollars in damages.
The main issue she is having now is not just the unpaid rent and damages as she was expecting that, but the people the company is going after and more specifically the people they are not. There were originally 5 people on the lease, one person was living there without being on the lease. Two people subletted their room, including my girlfriend. Now, the people on the lease are my girlfriend, 3 of the original roommates and the 2 subletters. What we are trying to figure out is how one of the roommates were able to get off the lease. My girlfriend believes a lot of the unpaid rent is from this person that moved out and got off the lease. She was responsible for 600 dollars a month in rent out of the 2400 a month total. This girl moved out in May and according to the accounting records did not pay rent after may at all. So, the questions my girlfriend has is how could this girl have gotten out of the lease without permission from the rest of the lease holders, and without them even having any knowledge of it until now? Is there any legal way? And, can the rental company then come after the other lease holders for the unpaid rent this girl was responsible for? I don't know if this is relevant, but the girl who got out of the lease never was able to sublet her room.
From my understanding of the lease they had, they were all on one lease for the whole apartment and had separate written agreements that stated how much each was going to pay for their rooms.
Any information anyone can give me would be a great help. Thanks in advance for the help.
Hi, I am posting on behalf of my girlfriend. I know a lot of you like to see the person with the problem posting, but I wanted to post for her as she is currently really upset about the situation and I figured it'd be easier for someone who isn't upset to do the posting.
Anyway, my girlfriend had lived in an apartment with 5 other college students. She subletted her room out to another person back in May and the lease just ended on August 15th. There were problems almost the entire year with a roommate keeping a cat that damaged much of the apartment, so she was expecting legal issues. So, she finds out today that the property management company is going after her and 5 other people for about 2400 dollars in unpaid rent and about 5,000 dollars in damages.
The main issue she is having now is not just the unpaid rent and damages as she was expecting that, but the people the company is going after and more specifically the people they are not. There were originally 5 people on the lease, one person was living there without being on the lease. Two people subletted their room, including my girlfriend. Now, the people on the lease are my girlfriend, 3 of the original roommates and the 2 subletters. What we are trying to figure out is how one of the roommates were able to get off the lease. My girlfriend believes a lot of the unpaid rent is from this person that moved out and got off the lease. She was responsible for 600 dollars a month in rent out of the 2400 a month total. This girl moved out in May and according to the accounting records did not pay rent after may at all. So, the questions my girlfriend has is how could this girl have gotten out of the lease without permission from the rest of the lease holders, and without them even having any knowledge of it until now? Is there any legal way? And, can the rental company then come after the other lease holders for the unpaid rent this girl was responsible for? I don't know if this is relevant, but the girl who got out of the lease never was able to sublet her room.
From my understanding of the lease they had, they were all on one lease for the whole apartment and had separate written agreements that stated how much each was going to pay for their rooms.
Any information anyone can give me would be a great help. Thanks in advance for the help.