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As your landlord is willing to sublease, if you find a qualified replacement subtenant who is reasonably acceptable to both your roommate and your landlord, you may defend against any claim for unpaid rent by documenting that fact to the court. However, it can be a steep hill to climb to prove that a proposed replacement roommate is objectively acceptable to your roommate, given that people are allowed to be selective when deciding with whom they will share living quarters.

If you cannot find a replacement roommate that your landlord and current roommate will accept, you may want to consider seeing if your landlord will allow you to pay an agreed sum of money to cancel the lease.
Thank you so much for your reply. I was hoping to get some potential sublease candidates for her to talk to and determine if she would be willing to live with them. However, my roommate has specifically told me that she will not accept any subleases and is not willing to talk to or consider any potential sub-leasers. I was wondering is there anything I can do? I understand that she has a right to choose whom she lives with and I am under a contract starting in 3 months, but I was wondering is there is anything I can do. Quite frankly, after this debacle I am uncomfortable living with her next school year.