My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: MS
Hello,
I found your information on MsLawyer.com, and I'm in need of help/advice. I have contacted my landlord and broken my lease because my roommate has made it impossible to maintain a sanitary and healthy living environment--both mentally and physically. Our personalities are so incompatible that I have taken to unhealthy habits that are impacting my mental and physical health.
Since I've moved in, we've had both roach and ant infestations. Her dogs (two to start with, now one), have destroyed the property's carpet (tore holes, defecation) and have torn apart the back yard.
As a result of no longer wanting to be responsible, and to protect my mental health, I broke the lease with the landlord's approval. Her requirement is that someone be able to pass the credit check and they can approve--and that is agreeable to my current roommate.
My roommate has placed outrageous demands on finding a replacement or paying her damages:
She is demanding that I provide a room-mate is who either Kosher or Vegetarian. I am neither, but have worked hard to abide by her requests (though she didn't inform me of them until after I had moved in with her).
She is demanding that I pay, in addition to the return of half the electrical deposit and connection fee for Internet, the full amount for new deposit for electric and full connection fee for internet.
She is demanding that I provide a room-mate that has a full size refrigerator as well as a washer/dryer. OR
Keep my washer/dryer and my full size refrigerator OR
Pay her for the cost of renting a truck and moving additional furniture to cover those items I am taking with me.
My question is this: Does she have a right to make these demands? I cannot live with her and am happy to find a replacement, but the demands that is making are not possible for me to fill, are they?
What is my best course of action if I'm to leave without sacrificing too much money to her?

