Issues with Roommates

My question involves a roommate in the State of: Minnesota

I live in an apartment complex designed for student living (no, this isn't a dormitory). I'm living here with my fiancée, and 2 other people. One's a blind girl and the other's a guy.
The problem: The blind girl has her scribe stay over 5+ days a week. Our lease clearly lists that having guests spending the night 4+ nights a week is them technically living in the apartment and that's not allowed. I went to management about it and all they did was call her and ask flatly about it to which she lied and claimed that she stayed exactly 3 days a week.

The problem is that the scribe is VERY annoying and we frankly don't like freeloaders. She also uses our dishes and has used other people's food without asking as well. She showers, shaves, does her laundry, eats and sleeps here. Before she started sleeping here, there weren't any problems and now the other male has taken their side so it's almost like a 2 vs 3 person fight where there shouldn't be any to begin with. That's the main problem. There are others as well, but because the management handled the situation poorly, we're now afraid to spend time in our apartment because of the hostility we get from the other roommates every time our paths cross. They're now moving our stuff intentionally (food and dishes) to "get at things" in unused cabinets behind them. Is there any way we can get rid of the scribe, get them evicted, get them to move out, etc?

are you all on one lease or do each of you have individual leases?



if you can prove that somebody is taking your food, present them with a demand letter for the value of the products. If you wanted to get real picky, you could sue them but I suspect a judge would not be too happy listening to somebody that is suing for a bottle of Coke and a dill pickle.

We're all on separate leases. There are 5 rooms for rent here two of which are joined as a double. Me and my fiancée take up the double while the other two take up 2 of the 3 remaining rooms. The blind one's guests stay in the room that is supposed to stay unoccupied.

does your lease state anything about how many cohabitants there can be?

Who pays utilities? and if they are paid by the tenants, how are the calculated for each tenant?


basically, unless your lease states there will only be X number of cohabitants, you have no claim to demand the person stay or not.


if utilities are paid by the LL and not additional to each of the tenants, again, you really have no argument against the additional party. If the tenants share the costs of the utilities, then you need to go back to determine what your lease states about now many inhabitants are allowed.

The utilities are included in our rent. Fixed rate. And the maximum number of residents is 5 (one in each room)

doesn't sound like you have any action available to you. Sorry, sometimes we just have to learn to make the best of what we have.

Thanks for the input. I'm just going to see what I can do with management to get the blind one and her scribe to be transferred (apparently this is her 7th or 8th room in this complex) I'll post back if anything else comes up :) More input is also welcome!