<human>: A bunch of my mates live together, one of them (M) moved out to live with his girlfriend, and I was supposed to be taking his place. Too easy. 

One day I received a text message from one of them saying "Hey, wanna move in?" and two weeks later, M was gone. 

He left before anything was sorted out.

He left before anything was concrete.

He left before my name was physically on the lease.

He left before we found out that I'm completely ineligible for any type of government financial help.

He left, and it wasn't till a number of weeks (roughly 6 or 7) until we found out that there are no loopholes at all for me to jump through. I can't get Student Help, I can't get Rent Help, I can't even get Unemployment Help.

So of course I had to break the news to my friends and would-be housemates that I can't move in, and I feel like I've completely fucked them over because now they have to find someone else to take M's place. 

No matter how many times I offer to pay rent until someone new moves in, they say no. And it makes me feel fucking terrible because I have no idea what they're doing to get the money; is M paying it? Have they divided it among them? Are their parents pitching in?

Even though M was damn irresponsible for moving out before it was 100% certain that someone else was moving in, I really hope that he's not paying the rent anymore, because this is my fault. I was the one who had to back out last minute, and I'm the one who's prolonging the issue. This is my responsibility and I feel like I owe it to them to keep paying until they find someone new. 

This sucks.

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<bot>: had to back out of a place last minute, friends won't let me pitch in for rent until they find someone new