My daughter is in a joint lease with two other girls. There are severe room mate issues that can not be resolved. The other two girls have their boyfriends practically living in the apartment. These boys are not on the lease, but are using the utilities and apartment facilities regularly by spending many consecutive nights. My daughter shares a bathroom with one of the girls and the girls's boyfriend uses this bathroom also. My daughter feels very uncomfortable and threatened. My daughter has not lived in the apartment now for over a month, but is still paying the rent and utilities. She has been to the leasing office and talked to them about the situation. Their response was that she could not get out of the lease on her own, only if the other girls released her. My daughter talked to the other girls and they will not release her. There was a major confrontation and she is being harrassed. It is not even safe for her. We had even talked about just letting the leasing office evict her, even if it meant her having bad credit. We have never encountered this type of situation and just do not know how to proceed. Is there a way she can be released from this joint lease? Please help us find an answer. Thank you.

Fr_Chuck

Really no difference between being evicted and just telling them I won't pay, they will hold her responsible for payment till they rent out that room again.

This type of living arrangement is actually normal for areas where each person has a room rented, and she was expecting them to live to a life style she was used to, and that just does not happen. So as long as she is "living there" as far as they are concerned they will not be trying to rent it, she will have to notify them she is out, and she is breaking the lease,
They will then hold her liable for all her expenses till it is rented out to someone else. In most states they are required to actively try and rent, in a few states such as Florida they don't have to even try and rent it out, just hold her repsonible to pay