Hi, I Am In Quite A Bind...

Hello, I go by Wontoon/Z online and I am in a very serious bind, placed here by the machinations of one abusive roommate and the two others she brought in, with the result leaving me accumulating $12k in debt (and maxing out my credit cards) from paying for their rent and utilities in addition to mine own due to us being on the lease (Not being able to rent out a place for 10 years due to an eviction is very serious in my opinion). So I am in need of money to help pay this massive chunky credit card bill/help with moving costs.

Of course, I owe an explanation as to how I even got into this mess. It started with the head of the house inviting roommate A (I didn't have much of a say here; the head vetted them, and that was something I trusted them with, as they were my best friend). Within the first month, A attempted to have me thrown out of the house--by charming the head-- because of a smell in my room that not only I wasn't aware of but I corrected ASAP. On top of that, I got harassed for even the slightest hint of scent and A demanded I take a shower 2-3 times a day for a minimum of 15 minutes each and change my soaps (which, as an aside, may have contributed to this autoimmune disease). It took me until now to realize that wasn't a mere reasonable request, that was a power play and a red flag. Other things include not allowing me to use the kitchen/living room, bombarding my room with toxic chemicals as she could paint a spoiler for her car (and ignoring my request to stop), locking me out of the bathroom for up to 72 hours at a time due to her making it into her personal VR sensory deprivation chamber, and a lot of small and manipulative things to make me feel bad about existing in general (such as making this annoyed, disappointed sigh when A passed my bedroom with my door open and doing the same sigh when I used the kitchen with the curtains she placed open. A REALLY didn't want to see me, nor was A keen on directly communicating with me, a common theme with A). I made the unfortunate mistake of seeing this as merely respecting A's quirks and abiding by A's request for being "considerate of A's mental health" (their words), a request A made early on. And all of the nastier stuff didn't manifest until the head of the house moved out to help take care of their parents--and A charmed them to make them the head and made them think I was incapable.

Eventually, the head left so A got two other roommates, B and C. She did not like me interacting with them at all, so I really didn't know much about them until it was too late (and A actively kept me from the living room). A got sent to the hospital twice (both for hard recreational drug overuse, I later found out thanks to B and C; the first time it happened A made me think it was all related to the hot weather and I should be more aware of the signs). Eventually, A was "kicked" out by B and C. I thought it was a boon considering what I put up with, but in reality, A was setting me up for failure. Recall that A barely communicated to me anything. A, upon leaving, gave me a vague bit of information: "be sure to get on them about rent" before leaving. And then, all of the stuff I didn't know began to manifest...

-After the second hospital visit, A ran both two ACs at maximum, all day and night while leaving the windows open. They explained to me that their body had trouble regulating temperature. That manifested into a $1200 electric bill and two burnt-out electrical outlets.

-B and C were not wanting to pay rent. I was given no hint of this from A, and when she left, B and C did not pay me rent (sometimes giving me a tiny portion of rent and utilities). Because we were on the lease, I was responsible and had to put the rent on credit (making it grow as big as it is now). As if to slap me in the face, they also went to conventions and events and made excuses promising big gains. Ultimately, I saw little, if any. They also got a very large unemployment payment, but instead of using it to pay back rent they went on a wedding trip and bought fancy tech. They gave me a small portion, and said that the rest of the money went to "car payments".

-They cut and run after I told them I was running out of money. Not only did this block me from admitting new roommates for a couple of months, but it also force the whole of the rent and utilities on me. I sadly was a little shy of the lease-breaking fee, and their timing made it far cheaper to just pay the rent in full and avoid the penalty on the housing record. They also made a posting for roommates and sent some really awful people my way (though I couldn't admit new roommates, I could still put them through the application process as the lease was due to expire soon. That too was a horrible mistake and that put me through me an ordeal where I had to endure a squatter that tried to push me out of the house and lay claim to all of my stuff. Oh, and they nigh burned the place down and removed the fire suppression system).

-BONUS: I and a friend were discussing this, and they raised the possibility of them wanting to kick me out much earlier and making the house a single-gender household. That backfired when the two were not paying their share of rent and utilities to A.

And now it is the present day and at this point, it's clear that this will not work out. So I decided to work toward finding a new place (if no new qualifying people miraculously appear before the end of this month). This may mean that I may also have to leave my current job or leave the state and essentially start from zero, hopefully without a massive debt on my shoulders, nor giving the roommates the satisfaction of an incredible failure.

tl;dr: I had three bad roommates, one who set me up for failure. In the end, I am left with a hefty $12k of debt and on the edge of homelessness.

Any help received would be greatly appreciated and would all be placed toward my debt or used to help assist with moving things.