<prompt> Human: So my brother, Mom and myself rent a house together. Recently my brother was in an accident and lost his job because of a back injury. He is struggling to find work because of the injury and we are working on a lawsuit with an attorney but right now my mom and I cant afford rent by ourselves.Our landlord told us we need to pay by this weekend and isnt willing to help out even with the circumstances. With late fees rent is going to cost 1600 which we dont have. What can we do? We cant lose the house otherwise we are homeless... help please!  <response>: You should start looking for a cheaper place immediately, theres no way it doesnt end badly if you try to stay in a place you cant afford. The market right now in most places is tight for rentals so that landlord doesnt have any financial incentive to work with you and might be able to rent your place for even more money if you leave so trying to work out some deal is probably a non-starter. A lawsuit of the nature you are describing can take up to a year and possibly more in some cases so dont count on that anytime soon. I would suggest trying to talk to the landlord to make sure you are getting your security deposit back if you leave in a timely manner and put that toward a cheaper place. You do have a small amount of leverage in that you could refuse to leave until a sheriff is involved but then whoever is on that lease is fucked for renting again. 