Q: How do I evict a roommate who is on lease w/ me?
She is not paying rent, etc.
A: Sad to say, you have no more right to evict a roommate than they do to evict you. Only the landlord has that right. Either you or the roommate can terminate your tenancy (usually by providing proper notice or even by breaking tour lease early, which can prove expensive) but if the roommate isn't paying their share of the rent, and you are covering it for them, then your remedy is to sue the roommate, usually in small claims court. Whether you can actually collect is a separate matter altogether. You can always talk to your landlord and see if they will help you out but you cannot force the landlord to take sides with one tenant over another. Good luck.
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