Housemate Wants Rent on Verbal Lease
Hi! I'm hoping someone can give me advice with this problem:
After networking through some people, I found a place to live with these girls I didn't know. Because of my situation, I was desperate. (I was affected by Hurricane Katrina.) They had agreed to let my boyfriend and I live in their rented house for 1/3 of the rent. I was supposed to be on the lease, but never was. It's been 7 weeks! A lot has happened between the two roommates and I. They do drugs and are very rowdy. I do not feel safe and comfortable in the house. I just told them I will be out before the end of the month. I am paying what I owe for first month's rent and the rest of utilities for the current month. They are forcing me to pay for another two months since I was supposed to stay until the lease ends. Since I'm not on the lease, am I obilgated to pay any of the rent after I've moved out? I don't want to pay, but I don't want to be sued later on either.
Thanks, Jeannie
Forcing Additional Payment
How are they forcing you to pay an additional amount? (Or do you mean that they are demanding the additional amount?)
You are a month-to-month tenant, and can leave the apartment on a month's notice with no further obligation. Since they apparently accepted your notice to quit, it is unlikely that they could successfully sue you for more than the balance of the month's rent from the date you gave your notice.