Bad roommates. Please advice how can we get out of the lease.

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jack78

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We are 4 people living in a 2 bedroom rented apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska. The apartment lease includes 3 names; myself, my friend and a third guy. A fourth guy who is not in the lease has been staying with us for a few months.

Recently we have had a lot of problems. The third person in the lease and the guy who is not in the lease have been fighting and abusing me and my friend. They shout in the apartment, throw stuff and curse at us. They don't clean the apartment and instead throw around more trash. They use our things without permission.

Me and my friend want to get out of this terrible situation. Are any of these three workable:

1) We have requested the third person in the lease to release us from the lease so that two of us can go and rent a separate apartment. But he refuses to even talk. He will not break the lease either. Me and my friend are ready to bear any cost of lease-break and anything else to get out of the place. Is there ANY way to get out of this lease? Can me and my friend force a lease-break on the third person somehow? Please advice

2) Is there a way to get rid of the fourth person who is living without being in the lease? He refuses to move out completely. He is really dirty and is making the apartment resemble a trash can. He has occupied a whole room and filled it with all kinds of trash.

3) As a last resort, somebody told me to approach "City Building and Safety" (or something like that). They told me this: If I report that 4 unrelated people are living in a 2 bedroom apartment this agency can come and get the apartment vacated completely. That way at least I could get out from this place. Is that possible? Are there repercussions for this?
 
Who is responsible for the 4th person...the person not named on the lease...being there? Who gave this guy a key? Is this a flop house or crash pad?
 
Have either you or your friend notified the landlord of this fourth person who, it appears, is not even legally supposed to be living there?

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