Roommate gave 9 day notice to move out lease doesn’t end until July 2009 Austin, TX
My ex-roommate told me he wanted to move out on 11-21-08. He didn’t tell our landlord until a couple days after that. He moved out, but most of his stuff is still here. I told him as long as his stuff is still here he needs to pay rent for at least those days until he completely moves out. He still has a key. The landlord can’t deduct his rent from the deposit because I fronted his portion thinking he would pay me back which he never did. Our electric bill is on the verge of being cut and he doesn’t have his portion which I’m going to have to pay because it’s cold outside. Our landlord is fed up with him and has basically told my other roommate and myself that we’re going to have to pay his portion which she is giving us until our next pay day. She is fed up with him because he still owes her late fees for past rent and has yet to give her any money for December’s rent. This guy can’t get away with this. He has to at least give a 30 day notice right? Why should we get stuck paying his rent right before Christmas just because he can’t afford it. I asked him point blank a month prior to his announcement if he wanted to move out because we were about to get evicted and he said no that he wanted to live with us. Now he wants to move out because his car broke down and he has to fix it. Is that a valid excuse, will that hold up in court? Please help with any advice you may have. Thank you. JV