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So here’s a quick synopsis of what’s going on with my apartment. My roommate and I both signed a year lease late-September for the apartment, and about a month into it, the landlord came over to check out some issues that we were having with the apartment, and she said that we could put in our 30 days notice. It was just a verbal agreement. Well shortly afterward, my roommate realized that she needed to go back home and had to put in her 30 days notice. I was thinking about finding a new roommate when our landlord informed us that she wanted both out if one was going to go (she gave no reason). I could have fought it, but I kind of wanted to find a new place anyway.
So we put in our 30 days notice and then we received a letter from her lawyer stating that due to us signing the year lease, we were responsible for paying for the apartment until it was rented out. We paid for the month of December, though I turned in my keys the 6th of December so that the manager could start showing it. It still has not rented out, though they’ve been supposedly showing it since that date. The rent is now coming out of our security deposit starting the 1st of January.
Is there any way to fight this?
