Q: How can one get out of the lease without making the other partner go trough all the financial screenings again?
Me and My Soon to be Ex-partner leaded this place, and now he wants to end the lease on his Part. We brought it up to the landlord and they said if he moves out I need to re-apply for the financial screening, the problem is his income is what helped us get this apartment, I have a way less income than he does but I with my income I Can afford the apto on my own, but if I have to go trough another screening I won’t pass, due to my source of income. We were never late. And I want to keep the apto. Independent of him. Is there a way to just take him out of the lease, and keep the lease myself, and maybe in the future add a roommate??!!
A: If you both signed the lease then you have joint and several liability - meaning that each of you individually is liable for the rent. Providing the rent is paid each month the landlord has no power to declare a lease void, or require the remaining tenant to meet certain financial requirements. Read your lease carefully as there may be a weird provision that addresses your situation, but I doubt it.
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