Asking for advice
Hi there!
I’m an international student at Illinois renting from a local rental company. Last semester(2025 fall) I had went back to my country because my grandfather got in ICU one day and the doctor told us my he was in bad condition. I then subleased my apartment to another student but he didn’t take the whole lease rather he rented til June 2026( the lease ends in August).
Everything went smoothly until June when my subleassee was leaving. I was not in the state yet, so I asked to give the keys to the office because all my friends were graduating and I had no one to keep my keys around the school. However, when I got to the office they told me they have cleared all of my belongings because turning in the keys will automatically be seen as a surrendering possession of the unit and if I wanted to
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I was very upset about this because I never write any notice of move-out to them but now I am automatically considered moved out by them before the lease ends and I even had to pay the rent for the final month for this unit. I am considering not paying the last month rent because of this, but I still have a year to go so I am wondering will I be in any problems because of not paying rent?( I paid a deposit worth of one month’s rent and I have paid the utilities for the last month)
Thanks very much for all the helps!