Here is my situation. I was supposed to move into this house. A week and a half before I was to move, I became very uncomfortable with the landlords and how they were handling some issues, we still needed to fill the house and I could not afford to cover the expenses. So I backed out. Despite asking my potential roommates several times, I never signed a lease, so I wasn’t breaking that. I had put down the deposit. I didn’t bring up the money issue at first, because I didn’t want the situation to be about money (when it was mostly because I didn’t trust the landlords). I figured I would get back my deposit when they found someone to take my place.Well, I found out today I would only get half back. Which would be fine, but they never told me this. Apparently, one of the roommates said I had to cover the rent until they found someone else. Which would be fine, if she had told me, and if she had been more proactive about looking for someone (at one point, she told the other roommate they could wait until the end of the month). I don’t think this is fair, as I never signed anything and only put a deposit down. Should I go about getting my money, or forget about it? I am so pissed off right now, I could find the chick and tear her hair out.Thanks,
Still homeless

I don’t know the legal ins and outs of a situation like this, and since you did technically leave them in the lurch roommate-wise (regardless of what was said about waiting till the end of the month), you’d better just write it off.

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