<prompt> Human: A few months ago my boyfriend got fired for cause from his very well paying job. Before that we were foolishly and against my wishes living at the level of his paycheck and he was supporting both of us because I was working an extremely low paying job in politics. Right now, I owe him about 4000 in rent from that time period. We also live with his brother who is still in college and is counting on us to help pay for the apartment. Basically, long story short, neither of us have a lot of savings about 5k between us and our rent is almost as much as my current paycheck. I currently make 47k annually before taxes it ends up being about 2700 per month after taxes and our rent combined is 2500 a month, not counting utilities. Our apartment is amazing for what were paying for it and I love the location because its so close to where I work, which is important because my car shit the bed a few months ago. I guess my questions are these:Our lease is up in June. Should we pay the penalty 1 months rent, I believe to break it and try to move somewhere cheaper? Of he does get a job soon, wed have no problem paying the rent with our combined income. Its just a question of if and when.Boyfriend is currently spending all his time applying to jobs. Is it better for him to focus on that full time, or try working a part time job to help pay the bills?Can he file for unemployment? My understanding is because he was fired for cause he doesnt qualify. I recently cashed in about 1300 of savings bonds and I was really hoping to put it in my Roth ira. Should I forget that and instead use it to pay rentbuy food etc? Honestly, any advice would be welcome right now. Im trying not to panic but hes been applying to jobs constantly for about 2 months and still nothing.Assistant: Can he file for unemployment? My understanding is because he was fired for cause he doesnt qualify. Of course he can file, and should have filed as soon as he was let go. For cause is not the standard but rather misconduct. If you say exactly what he did to get fired or at least what he told you then Ill tell you if that may rise to the level of misconduct. But absolutely file, either online now or go into the unemployment office first thing in the morning. Even if you think you are not eligible you should always always always file. this is more to the benefit of anybody who might be reading thisHuman: I believe they classified it as an ethical violation.Assistant: Thats too vague to give you an opinion. A single lapse in judgement is likely not misconduct. Embezzlement is. He should file any way no matter what.Human: Ok, thank you. I will certainly pass that along. Worse tho get they could do is deny it right? Now, if they do deny unemployment, its not something that becomes public knowledge in anyway is it?  <response>: Employers dont approve or deny unemployment. They can contest it, but the unemployment agency will make the decision based on the evidence entered into the record. There is a system in place for this; it happens all the time. 