Q: I have paid the rent for this month he told me he wasn’t paying anything could I or the landlord just Evict him
A:
I have to guess what your question is. So here goes: you have a roommate. You paid the rent in full to the landlord, but your roommate was supposed to pay half. When you demanded his half, he told you that he wasn't paying anything. Now you want to know whether you or the Landlord can evict him because he refused to pay half.
The answer is no. Assuming that both of you are on the Lease, each of you is responsible to the landlord for the full amount of the rent. The LL doesn't care who pays it, as long as its paid. So the LL has no reason to evict your roommate.
You are roommates; you do not have a landlord tenant relationship with your roommate, so you cannot evict him. Additionally, assuming he on the lease, he has every right to stay there and NOT pay any rent, because you will pay it. If you don't pay it, both of you will be evicted.
You have no legal remedy against your roommate.
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