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    Default My Roommate Won't Agree to Any Tenant to Take Place on My Lease

    My question involves a roommate in the State of: California

    Basically I signed a lease with two other people and it ends on Dec 20th. I have now decided to move out and I am desperately trying to find someone to take my place on the lease for the remainder. The only problem I have is that my roommate will not approve anyone I have bring over to take my place. They are assuming that im financially responsible to pay the rent either way so if they can have an apt to themselves that I still have to pay for why would they allow another person into the apt. I find this troubling because I would have to pa for an apt I am not living in. What are my rights as far as finding someone to take my place on the lease?

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    Default Re: My Roommate Won't Agree to Any Tenant to Take Place on My Lease

    Are you permitted to substitute a roommate under your lease? If you find a new roommate acceptable to your landlord, and your roommates unreasonably refuse to allow the new roommate to take over your rights and responsibilities under the lease, you can defend against any rent claims made by your roommates on the basis of their unreasonable refusal. A judge will then decide if they acted unreasonably and, if so, should deny them any recovery of rent from you subsequent to the date they unreasonably rejected the roommate, up to the amount the new roommate would have paid.

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