<prompt> Human: The property manager said it would go to collections and we would most likely have to pay. What does all this mean for the rest of us? Now two of the roommates want to bring in a couple that I dont trust to be able to pay there rent and bring in 3 cats to the 3 we already have. I am lost and really not sure what do to or how to proceed  <response>: We really, really, need more information.When you sign a lease, youll do it one of three ways:1 One of you signs the lease for the unit, then sublets individual rooms to everybody else. In this kind of arrangement, everybody pays the signatory, then the signatory pays the landlord.2 Everybody signs a separate lease with the landlord. If there are 4 roommates, then there are 4 separate leases.3 A single lease is signed with all roommates jointly liable; in essence, everybody is a signatory. Everybody pays their portion of the rent separately and gets issued separate receipts, but anything less than the entire sum owed can result in the eviction of everybody on the lease.Im guessing this is 3, but wouldnt know without additional info. Your landlord is probably right. Hes been getting shorted rent. Your solution set is to make up for the missing rent, then come up with a budget to deal with it in the future.Also, with six cats, I can almost guarantee you youre violating municipal code and will further irk your landlord. 