Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

I moved out of a home I was renting with two roommates almost a year ago due to issues with receiving payment on bills in my name, the conditions they kept the home, and a serious dispute with one roommate. Since then, one roommate has moved out of the home due to the same issues with the other roommate. I have informed my landlord multiple times about the issues with living under the conditions and have statements in text messages from both roommates saying that they will excuse me from paying the rent on the house since I was not living there. However, I was informed a month ago by landlord that one roommate had moved out a month prior to his notice, and that another tenant had moved into my room - physically moving items I still had in the house to a different room - and that the new tenant and the remaining roommate are vacating the property at the end of this month. The landlord has not informed the first roommate of this situation and is asking me to pay the full amount of the rent which on our lease is stated that we are splitting the cost ($267 a piece). I asked the landlord to please provide me with a replacement key so I could try to recover items I had in the home - my key was taken to prevent me from entering by one of the roommates - and he has not provided me with a replacement key after several weeks. He is not following through with leads I have sent him to sublease the home, and now I am informed by the first roommate that the other is apparently facing trouble with police enforcement. I'm wondering if I am entitled to my security deposit - provided there is no proof of damage when I was still living in the home - and if I can be forced to continue payment of the rent for the next 7 months.


Asked on 9/23/15, 1:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

Did you sign the lease? Do you have any written agreements as to how the rent and bills were to be divided And why in the world did you willing give up a key to a premises you were paying rent for and had a right to be?

{John}

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Answered on 9/24/15, 7:23 am


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