I find it strange that it took that long for the power to be shut off...hope everything goes well OP and your new roommate(s) are better

I think people were pressing ydi because they thought that op just wasn't paying the bills, or that op should've been making sure the bills were paid and wasn't just relying on the other person. I don't think people realized at first that op was the one just renting the room and giving the money to the other roommate for him to pay. I completely agree with you though, it's not op's fault. And for the ones saying that op should've been checking that the bills were being paid, I think they're being unrealistic. When you have roommates there's a certain level of trust you have. You assume that if the roommates name is on the lease then they'd be paying the bills. You're not expecting that someone's going to screw themselves with getting the power turned off, getting evicted, and screwing up their own credit.

I pressed YDI because OP wasn't verifying the bills were paid. It's like the saying goes. Trust but verify.

That's why it isn't just one persons job to pay the bills. You split the responsibility

yet that's exactly what happened...that's why they should be even more responsible because ppl are funny and sometimes even more irresponsible than you are. you gotta have a back up plan so this doesn't happen again.

so I'm assuming he was the reason behind all the late and missing payments? fyl op :/ try to bring him to small claims court or something

How do you even let bills get that out of hand in the first place?! I can't imagine.

It's pretty simple. If you're taking care of a shared bill, you post the proof of payment on the fridge when it's been paid. Everyone who has kicked in can see the paper and know without a doubt that it's been paid. There are also tons of websites and apps for exactly this scenario. DivItUp.com, WeSplit.It, WhoseBill.com, SplitWise.com Keeping people honest on that kind of thing isn't rocket science.

To all the people saying OP deserved it. My Ex was in a similar situation but was paying her half of all the bills and still got ****** over like this. Even though her roommate hasn't paid his rent in two months, the apartment manager had been applying her half of the rent to the past due portion her roommate was supposed to pay, without sending any notice that rent had not been paid.

And that's why roommates are a bad idea.