How to kick a roommate out who has issues?

Question

I have been living in my apartment for 4 years and in September I had to find new roommates. one of my roommates is perfectly fine. she pays bills on time and contributes to the house.the other roommate moved in and he has extreme emotional problems. we believe he is depressed. he has paid rent on time but has forgotten twice since Septemeber to pay utilitiy bills. he does not help out around the house AT ALL. he does not shower (once evey 10 days). he is in law school and he does not go to class, he does not work. he sleeps all day. he is extremely socially ackward and i just feel that since i have been living there for the longest and even though we all signed the lease, he has not contributed to the house, utlitiy bills have been late, he smells awful. The landlord came by last week to fix his door and told him about the smell from his room and keeping his room clean and even after that he has not showered. what are my rights as a tenant to remove him.

Answer 1

Curious about how you ask for utility money...surely he has to come up with some excuse. Perhaps big sign on fridge for all "day to pay utility bill" if you didn't want to confront him. Otherwise You could explain to rules of decency with him that if he chooses to reside with others vs on his own, everyone has to refrain from making bad smells--keep room/person in hygenic manner for the comfort of all who live there....if you don't want to bother and you are soley on the lease, then give him the obligatory 30 days to vacate notice. You don't have to give a reason and I wouldn't even bother with one but make sure he has to shampoo his carpets before leaving or the room might always smell long after he's gone.

Answer 2

You have indicated that he is on the lease. The only thing would be to give a notice to him of the heath issue there are laws you would need to look up for that issue. A 3 day late notice would be needed in order to collect on the electric. It is called nail and mail. If he is going to Law school he will know what that is. The notice must be attached to his door in an envolpe and a copy must be mailed to the address under his name. Keep the original. Have someone that does not live there serve the notice on the door. Best of luck. P.S. Laws from state to state are different so check them out.

Answer 3

You are all on the lease - equal tenants.

You cannot remove him. You cannot evict him.

Your landlord cannot remove or evict him either.

You have a joint tenancy, all parties (roommates - offender included & landlord) MUST agree to sign the offender off the lease. You can ask him to leave, you can pay him to leave but he must be willing to leave.

An eviction can only take place if all tenants are named. The landlord can then create a new tenancy with whomever he wishes after the eviction has been ordered.