Can my roommate evict me with 4 days of notice when I am on the lease?
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Can my roommate evict me with 4 days of notice when I am on the lease?
My roommate is trying to evict by saying that I cannot pay rent when last month I payed an extra $200 dollars in rent to cover part of hers and back rent that she couldn’t pay.
Asked on November 30, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Washington
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You are your landlord's tenant, not your roommates's. Therefore, only your landlord can evict you. And from what you write, it appears that they would have no grounds (although just paying rent does not mean that you are not in breach of some other term of your lease; you did not specify).
As for you roommate, since you are both on the lease, then you both have equal rights to occupy the preemies. If your roommate really doesn't want to live with you any longer, perhaps they can move and sublet to someone else. At any rate, sublet or not, they would still be responsible for their share of the rent.
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