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If an agreement states that you and your roommate(s) are "jointly and severally liable," it's confirming that you're individually and collectively liable for the entire rent. In the event that your roommate(s) fail(s) to pay, you can be held responsible for his/her portion of the rent.
Opponents of the principle of joint and several liability argue that its use is unfair to many defendants. Joint and several liability will lead to cases in which a party who has a very small share of the responsibility for a plaintiff's injury may unfairly shoulder the burden of paying all of the damages.
For example, suppose that A, B, and C negligently injure V. V successfully sues A, B, and C, for $1,000,000. If the court used a joint and several liability system, V could demand that A pay V the full $1,000,000. A could then demand contribution from B and C.
Assign every bill to a roommate Rent is an obvious one, but there are others, including cable/internet, gas, and electric. Reminder: Being responsible for paying the cable bill doesn't mean you control the TV. By assigning each bill to a roommate, it splits up bill payment among the group rather than one single person.
The 'bill-splitting' apportionment method takes the total utility costs of the building that are atributable to rental residential units and related common areas for the prior 12 months and simply divides that by the number of residential units in the building.