Quote Originally Posted by ToyoChick05
First find out who's name is actually on the least and utilities. Whoever's name is on them are responsible for them. Some apartment complexes take all roommates social security number through the roommate program. If she isnt on there then its ok, just dont pay rent.
That's the main piece of advice I was having a little problem with.

As you can see in Silver's post, if you don't come with clean hands to the table you can also be paying for it for a long time.

Bottomline is that all 3 signed up, somehow/someway, to do something until May of next year. For whatever reason it's not working out. They need to decide how to resolve it. Take the initiative and be proactive about finding a resolution. It may cost you something, but not doing it right will also cost you something in the long run. Merely not paying rent is not fair to the Landlord since they are the least at fault for any of this. Why should they get stuck with no rent payments? If the Landlord fails to do something on their end, it's one thing. But if the Landlord is merely caught in the middle, why should they be stuck w/o rent payments? It's not their fault, right?