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You have two options depending on what your lease is written like. Are you the only person on the lease with the land lord or is the room mate also on the lease. Are you co renters or separate renters each approved for occupancy with the landlord?

Evictions and be expensive for the landlord for several reasons. Go to him and ask to stay and plead your case that you were not on the premises when the discharge occurred and are an innocent victim. Depending on the contract and your people skills you may be able to isolate or at least mitigate any liability that is perceived.

He has the obligation to mitigate the lost revenue on the lease if you are kicked out. In other words he has to actively try to rent the unit and once it is rented that liability is done and the rent should payment should cease.

Talk to a lawyer who handles commercial real estate law on the best way to proceed. Make sure that that lawyer has nothing to do with the one representing the lawyer for the property owner.

Good luck and screen your room mates better.