Q: My roommate is listed as "Primary" and I'm listed as "Co-applicant" on our lease agreement e-signatures. She may
cause us to get evicted because of her exotic animals which are against the least agreement. Will the eviction negatively impact my credit score or anything else of mine? Also, if I chose to move out right now, instead of when our lease ends, will i have any liability. I can prove the that the animals live in the place even though my roommate has been given a final warning regarding the animals, and that the animals create a filthy living environment inside the apartment.
A: If your roommate gets you guys evicted neither of you should be liable for whatever unpaid rent. If your roommate leaves both of you are liable for the remaining rent; and you must pay all of it yourself. If you leave the same is true for her.
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An eviction filed against you will have negative consequences.
Since both of you are on the lease (primary and co-applicant titles are meaningless), each of you is 100% responsible to the Landlord for the rent. If you move out now, and your roommate continues paying the rent in full each month until the termination of the Lease, you are off the hook. You and I both know that is not going to happen.
The landlord doesn't care who actually owns the animals, and is not in a position to interject him or herself into his or her tenants' lives. Al th all knows is that you live in a an apartment with exotic animals who ought not be there. Now that said, if you can convince the LL to evict the roommate and allow you to keep the apartment so that you are paying 100% of the rent, have at it. But that would necessarily let your roommate off the hook for the rent after she is evicted.
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