My boyfriend is going to be moving in with me. He still has four months on the lease. Half my rent is more than his rent so I told him if he gave me rent, I'd turn around and pay his rent until the end of the lease.

The landlord told him he can't move out...and on his lease it does indeed say leaving for over 5 days is considered abandonment. Is this legal??

Secondly would it be worth trying to find another renter? We are not going to break lease (don't want to drag his name in the mud or get sued) but if we find another to take over shouldn't she take it since I believe there is a law about mitigating damages by finding another renter.