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CookieAdventure t1_j6pg8re wrote

Some off campus college housing is arranged so that each tenant is responsible for their own rent. Even though the kitchen and living room is shared in one unit, the rent is for each individual bedroom. If one roommate doesn’t pay, they are evicted but not the other roommate(s).

If you are not in that kind of rental, then you are responsible by 100% of the rent every month. If the rent isn’t completely paid then you can be evicted, too. Sometimes (rarely) when a landlord sees that you’re the responsible one, they’ll give you a little leeway … but not much. For instance, they’ll suggest you move before they have to include you on the eviction.

That’s what I suggest you do.

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