I'll teach you all a fun little trick from the cryptography field
Person A = Alice
Person B = Bob
This is what subletting is for. Alice should have made Bob sign a subletting contract stating that Bob is responsible for the rent, and if Bob chooses not to live there, then Bob must either pay the money anyhow or find someone to take over the contract.
Ethically and morally, Bob violated a verbal contract. I'm not an expert in contract law, but a verbal contract may be legally binding and you could have some legal restitution. But it would be hard to prove and probably easier to just scramble to fill the room with someone else. In any case, Bob is backing out of a trusted agreement, and is wrong, while Alice is pretty much screwed. Lesson learned. Don't trust verbal contracts from anyone, especially college students.
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