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What do you do if it's your roommate who doesn't do her part and you are joint tenants? I just moved half a country away and knew I wouldn't be making much money so I had to go the roommate route. I found one but didn't meet her until we were in the same apartment. Two months later, she hasn't paid a cent, has all sorts of problems she never told me about until after we signed the lease, won't sign me off the lease because I've been the one paying for everything and is a regular ole con really. If I stop paying her way, it'll come back on my credit. If I just pay my half of the rent and she defaults and I ask the landlord to evict her - well - that means I get evicted too which comes back on me. I make my payments promptly and all my other bills and payments are paid on time or ahead of time.
Don't really know how to get out of this situation but there comes a time when you have to stand up for yourself and stop letting people use you. I'm at that point.