<p>What would you do if you're roommate (with whom you were suppose to share an apt with this year) told you 2 weeks before school started that he won't be returning for soph year and instead had dropped out. He also said that he would help you look for a potential new roommate to take his place and he would pay his half of the rent. So what would you do if you were in this dilema ?</p>
<p>What’s the problem? Roommate pays his half until a replacement is found.</p>
<p>As long as he pays his portion of the rent until a replacement roommate can be found, don’t worry about it. Is his name on the lease? Did he sign the lease? </p>
<p>The biggest problem:
- You will be paying 100% of the utilities, cable,internet, until a replacement roommate is secured. Unless you have something in writing that he is responsible for 50% of the utilities, I think you’re stuck with the full cost of these expenses.</p>
<p>You could contact your housing dept. now and see if they have a list of students looking for off campus housing. Sometimes, colleges have an online site where students can advertise for “looking for a roommate”.</p>
<p>Well, quite frankly, this is one of the better scenarios that could have happened to you. </p>
<p>It’s happened to my friends one too many times that roommates have dropped out of the agreement for whatever reason (in all circumstances - after signing a lease, after signing a roommate contract, after just a verbal agreement, etc.) and then REFUSED to pay rent.</p>
<p>Here you have not the best scenario - I’m sure if two people agreed to be roommates, then they are friends and were counting on each other’s support - but it’s not the worst scenario either. </p>
<p>In this case, the ditched roommate should count his/her blessings and move on.</p>