<prompt> Human: To keep it brief, I moved out of my apartment on the 30th of July thinking my roommate was too, lease was up the next day. 20 days pass, no security deposit. I emailed him not too long ago asking him why I have not received the deposit his response was: You need to talk to roommate about this. I cannot release your deposit until we do an inspection, he is still living in the property. He will need to leave a new deposit if he is extending his lease. Wouldnt he need to make a new lease if my roommate is living month to month? How can he hold me responsible for any damage my previous roommate might cause?I just really wanna know how tf I can get my security deposit back from him sooner than later, pls help.  <response>: if your roomate is still there, he has 0 obligation to return your security until the place is totally vacated. you better talk to your roomate about him giving you your portion of the security. 