Consumer complaint received 2025-03-18 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Rental debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Told you not to respond to a lawsuit they filed against you
Company: Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
LANDLORD # 1 - XX/XX/XXXX - my rent was approx {$1700.00} dollars and I paid approximately {$2800.00} for paying rent on XX/XX/XXXX ( 1 day after the XXXX, XXXX being a holiday ) after being sent to eviction on XX/XX/XXXX. I advised that I would need time to catch up due to being charged attorney fees for being one day late. I was advised that I could apply for assistance. 

I applied, and was approved for rental assistance for XX/XX/XXXX and the landlord would not accept it even though it was given to them from the Rental Assistance agency directly. the landlord charged me late fees and never returned my security deposit ( please see XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX. XXXX ) Landlord and Attorney Kimbel , Tirey , and St John filed ( 2 ) evictions for Western XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX National Properties against me within 30 days of each other despite my payments and rental assistance approval : ( 1 ) XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX {$2600.00}, Filed Unlawful detainer on XX/XX/XXXX, Case no. XXXX, CASE DISMISSED AND DESTROYED XX/XX/XXXX and Destroyed XX/XX/XXXX, Amount disputed {$1700.00}, Reported to all Bureaus ; XXXX, Rental Report, XXXX, and XXXX shows XXXX as of XXXX was denied a loan and apartment on XX/XX/XXXX due to this inaccurate reporting. 

( 2 ) XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  DENIED MY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR XX/XX/XXXX, Filed Unlawful XXXX XXXX, Case no. XXXX, CASE CLOSED XXXX XX/XX/XXXX, Amounted disputed {$4400.00}, no record of any signed stipulation, and there is a discrepancy for the dollar amount owed. XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXt, XXXX, and XXXX reports shows {$16000.00} as XX/XX/XXXX. I was denied a loan and apartment in XX/XX/XXXX due to this inaccurate reporting. 



LANDLORD # 2 - XX/XX/XXXX I was served with another eviction after being approved for CA XXXX Relief. My rent was caught up and current and they denied the CA XXXX XXXX for {$8500.00} dollars. charged me late fees and never returned my security deposit ( XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX ) ( XXXX ) XXXX PROPERTIES, XXXX XXXX A CALIFORNIA XXXX, DENIED MY CA RENT RELIEF, Filed Unlawful detainer on XX/XX/XXXX, Case no. XXXX, Amount Disputed XXXX, CASE DISMISSED, XXXX, Rental Report, XXXX, and XXXX reports shows {$16000.00} as XX/XX/XXXX. I was denied a loan XX/XX/XXXX and apartment in XXXX and XXXX XXXX due to these items showing up on my rental report before court making it difficult for me to move out and avoid additional charges, and XXXX XXXX, CA XX/XX/XXXX after showing up on my credit and rental report I was denied renting an apartment at a lower market rate. 

I was not given any opportunity to fight this action fairly because plaintiff and their attorneys KIMBALL, TIREY, AND ST JOHN refused my rental assistance, and dismissed the case and re-opened it within 30 days WITHOUT MY UNDERSTANDING.

my paperwork shows that the case was dismissed by the plaintiff AND THEN REOPENED. Now I am seeing this on my credit report years later. it was not there before when I was forced to move XX/XX/XXXX and Then forced to move again XX/XX/XXXX for the same reasons ; BOTH MANAGMENT COMPANIES and thier attorney REFUSED MY RENTAL ASSISTANCE after THEY ADVISED ME TO APPLY FOR IT EVEN AFTER I WAS APPROVED.

Persuant to Civil Code 1940.2, ( a ) it is unlawful for a landlord to do any of the following for the purpose of influencing a tenant to vacate a dwelling : ( 3 ) Use, or threaten to use, force, willful threats, or menacing conduct const
ituting a course of conduct that interferes with the tenant 's quiet enjoyment of the premises in violation of Section 1927 that would create an apprehension of harm in a reasonable person. Nothing in this paragraph requires a tenant to be actually or constructively evicted in order to obtain relief.

Per 15 U.S.C. 1681i : 15 U.S.C, 1681s-2 : 15 U.S.C., 1681n, and 1681o these inaccuracies should be removed immediately, and I have a right to seek damages accordingly
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also, Consumer debt collection in California is governed by the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act [ 2 ], and is intended to prohibit debt collectors from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the collection of consumer debt.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation