Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : It's my apartment since July 2017 and per the lease I signed rent is officially due the 1st, and last day is 4th. If paid after there is a $95 late fee. My landlord says even if I'm on time and someone else is late, he wants all the rent + late fee at once not separate, and since it's solely my apartment I'm solely responsible for rent even if a roommate is late. Cool. When I ask about adding others to the lease, he says "we'll discuss later" and it never happens, so I'm the only person on lease

This new roommate (found on craigslist) has been late since they moved in (September), except for January rent. When they moved in, they had a habit of doing everyone's dishes without asking, which I thought was cool at first. They also bought my cat a big bag of cat food that I didn't ask for. Cool. The first month I reminded them that the last day rent is due on the 4th, they said they'd pay it on the 4th, and I texted back today IS the 4th. They sent the rent a few days later, late fee included. Probably forgetful, no big deal.

Next month, I remind them in advance it's due the 4th at the latest and they're still late. And there's always some excuse about a paycheck issue even though they work for a well known corporate place not a hole in the wall mom n pop store. Then I realized we get paid the same Fridays every 2 weeks, and that they're probably spending what they get paid in the middle of the month so that they have to wait for a friday after the 4th to get paid and send rent. They are always getting packages from Amazon delivered but late on rent. Also noticed the tags on their car expired in September.

In november they randomly texted me a sob story about how the rent was too much, they can't afford food and that they would be forced to start camming to make ends meet which would give them gender dismorphia, and asked if anything could be done. They have feminine voice and features but said they were transitioning to male prior to moving in, and I don't fully get it but I understand lgbtq people have issues with housing. I felt bad and said I can lower their monthly rent by $100 but that's pretty much it. They said that's perfect. Still late every month. Before they moved in they said the original price was fine and sent me pay stubs that seemed legit, but 2 months after moving in and they'll have to do camming to pay rent???

The final straw was when they were late for December and said they'd pay the late fee later that month. So I had to pay the $95 late fee out of my own pocket. I wait til after christmas and ask about it. No response. They pay Jan rent on time, no late fee from the previous month included. I text them and they said they would have last month's late fee Friday. Friday the 11th, I text them, no response. The 19th again, no response. I explained the situation to my other roommate and asked if they could text them something random because I wanted to see if they were deliberately ignoring my texts. Sure enough, they responded to the other roommate within hours meaning they are straight up ignoring my texts. 

Once my work schedule calms down, I'm going to find a time we're both home and talk to them aka listen out for when they tiptoe to the kitchen and confront them. They tend to stay in their room all the time, or aren't home or tip toe around the apartment. I don't stalk them about this matter btw.

After they pay rent for Feb though, whether they eventually pay me back for the december late fee or not, I'm giving them a 30 day notice and kicking them out. On one hand, shit happens and people experience struggle, and if I was going through financial stuff I would want help and a home. On the other, I feel like I'm being too nice and taken advantage of and don't understand why they're ignoring my texts rather than just say what's up. AITA?