REBECCA CLARK JOYER Rebecca C. Joyer landlord/owner of a small apartment complex tricks SSI recipient into paying neighbor's electric bill, drills broen window shut from outside then harasses single mom after being fined!!! Saint Petersburg Florida
REBECCA CLARK JOYER, landlord/owner of a small apartment complex located at 6771 49th ave. N., st. Petersburg, FL, 33709, upon learning I was on SSI for a disassociatice disorder, causing short-term memory loss due to severe child abuse, informed me only AFTER I signed my one-year lease, that because the thermostat is in my unit, my next door neighbor's electric usage would be included in my monthly bill.
This was done with her full knowledge that i live on a very humble income just barely above the rent i pay, in the amount of $560 per month!
This is NOT the worst part - this vendictive creature had her repair man nail my bathroom window shut from the outside upon my request to have it fixed after my premature baby and I became ill after repeated numerous mosquitoe bites which caused vomitting and fever in us both. She simply did NOT CARE! Rather, she was more irritated that I made a repair request in the 1st place! I had to call CODES Inspections to make a report before she would agree to fix my window! Now, I make my own repairs in order to avoid her as she has frightened my baby on many occasions by screaming while intoxicated as he lay in my arms. He "freezes up" when he sees her now. This controlling and passive-aggressive slumlord has even made SEVERAL verbal attacks against my 16 y/o daughter who has NO friends because this psychotic landlord, without a life, literally STALKS her friends to their vehicles, then stands and glares at them to make them too uncomfortable to return. I could understand maybe if her visitors had been a nuisance but they were not. As a result of Mrs. Joyer's constant harassing and degrading remarks about me being on SSI, not working, and remarks made about us to other tenants quite loudly so we can hear when outdoors, such as calling my daughter a bum - when, in fact this beast has NO CLUE what the truth is - as if it were any of her business in the 1st place? I pay my rent on time EACH month and cannot work now because I am in intense therapy to learn to function better so that I CAN work someday and am attending college part-time to get my degree in Criminal Justice to work in the field of child abuse.
My baby was born blue, in ICU his 1st 11 days and is 13 mos. old and can't sit up or walk so is beginning Physical Therapy next week. His Dr. has suggested I apply for SSI for him to help us move out of this hell-hole to a safer, more peaceful environment, especially one where the landlord/owner is not so racist. My job is to teach my precious baby to sit up and walk, which is a FAR more important job than my landlord's daily routine of drinking, and gathering tenants in a circle to gossip and try to provoke arguements which I refuse to lower myself to. My 16 y/o daughter is so precious - she will be receiving her GED next week and is starting college with me (her mom) this September to work toward the same degree - I am SO PROUD of her!! She has such a big heart, she is babysitting for our other female next door neighbor for her adopted grandson for only $2.50/hr. from 1am-6am weekdays, because the grandmother is struggling to make ends meet by working 2 jobs - and our landlord and loser tenants join in by calling my daughter a "BUM"?? They need to get their facts STRAIGHT.
They have never ONCE attempted to check out the TRUTH with either one of us - I guess that might spoil the fun of tormenting people they see as easy prey.
My daughter & I are now being treated for panic attacks through medication by our Psychiatrist in order to even be able to be calm enough to spend ANY amount of time outdoors! I realize this must sound difficult to believe but I can promise you it is true. My therapist and others have witnessed her cruel harassment - I've called Gulfcoast Legal Services, you name it - I've called them but NO ONE will help!! So all I can do is wait for my baby's SSI check and MOVE!!
My baby boy is having surgery soon to correct a minor birth defect but still it is frightening as he has no father in his life nor collects any child suppot and relies solely on me. THe landlord is aware of our hardships but doesn't let up. upon hearing i had been abused with mice as a chl, she even layed a dead mouse next to my door after watching us leave with several bags of laundry to do. She also has been seen laying rotten, maggot-filled grapefruit from the grapefruit tree out side out door on our porch where we sit. I am a very spiritual person but find it hard to forgive anyone with this incredible amount of hatred and cruelty inside when we've done nothing I can see to provoke such psychotic behavior.
T.S.
St Petersburg, Florida
U.S.A.
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T.s.
St Petersburg,Florida,
U.S.A.
Rebecca Joyer, St. Pete, FL landlord continues discrimination and harassment of single mom on SSI ..We now have fruit rats running between the walls of my and my neighbor's apartment
#2Author of original report
Thu, June 12, 2003
I cannot find an attorney who will help me, probono, as I cannot afford to pay one. My income is less now than my rent and utilities because I was tricked into paying my neighbor's electric bill. Rebecca Joyer is a wealthy , judgemental and crude alndlord who has singled me out to harass and torment, apparently assuming I cannot fight back because of my low income. We now have fruit rats running between the walls of my and my neighbor's apartment, keeping me from sleeping at night and she refuses to do any type of pest control - in spite of the fact that my lease states she is responsible for this problem.
She continues to use passive-aggressive behavior to belittle me and my children when we walk outside and attempt to feed the squirrels or just sit outside - a right i THOUGHT we had?
My baby is having surgery June 20th and her catty and demeaning behavior are only adding to a plate that is way too full for me now!! Can someone PLEASE tell me if it is legal for her to loudly make fun of me to other tenants the few times I DO try to sit outdoors, telling them all about my personal business, including why I am on SSI, that I was beaten by my baby's father 4 months ago, who pays no child support or shows any interest in his son, and that I was brutally raped by a St. Pete Taxi driver in April, trying to paint a false picture of me as being sexually "loose" - implying I "asked for it" - nothing could be further from the truth. I don't even date!! my whole world revolves around my children and college, ironically to get my degree so I can help abused children and victims of domestic violence.
Mrs. Joyer has intentionally lied to the other tenants in orer to turn them against me - all but ONE, whom my daughter babysits for and as soon as Mrs. Joyer saw that this precious woman was supporting me by being a true friend to both me and my daughter, the landlord removed the flowers and plants from this woman's porch which were there upon her moving in.
Just in the last week, Mrs. Joyer, with the knowledge that I see a pain management doctor from the injuries I sustained from both the beating and the rape, literally walked over to another 21 y/o male tenant and encouraged him to ask to buy some of my pain medication in an attempt to have me arrested! This same young man coaxed my 16 y/0 daughter into his apartment and molested her when I refused to sell him my medication.
I don't know how much more i can stand. I'm trying my best to ignore her attempts to provoke me but it is wearing me down and my antidepressants I take for depression aren't even working as I am so depressed. I feel helpless - I cannot afford to move because all my SSI and cash benefits goes into paying $560 a month for rent, usually $145 each month for my electric bill (which includes my neighbor's bill as the thermostat is in my apartment that controls his AC/heat.
Does a lawyer EXIST who would be willing to at least help me be released from my lease soon so I am not sued by her for leaving soon? Because my premature baby is developmentally delayed (physically), the coordinator at All Children's Hospital at the Early Intervention program urged me to apply for SSI for my son, even though i would probably only receive checks for 4-6 months - at least it could open the door for us to find freedom in moving from this hell on earth! I just cannot take much more - the situation keeps escalating and I am trying so hard to heal myself from the trauma that caused me to need the help of SSI in the first place. Rebecca Joyer's discrimination toward me and laughing out loud so I will hear her making fun of me and my daughter are preventing me from healing or getting better - it feels like i'm living in an abusive environment all ovr again and is so upsetting, both me and my 16 y/0 daughter's mwdication for panic attacks has been increased recently.
They say that which does not kill you makes you stronger?
I;m strong enough, thank you, and I've had enough.
If i'm not allowed to post my personal email address on here, how will I ever know if a MIRACLE does occur and there actually IS an attorney who would help me?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
This makes me feel like I am all alone in a battle I'll never win. I feel like I'm sinking in quicksand and want nothing more than to be able to MOVE AWAY FROM HERE without having a lawsuit filed against me. I also feel I deserve to be reimbursed for all the money I've paid Progress Energy to heat and now cool my neighbor's apartment. I am struggling now financially because I was so devestated from the rape (Mrs. Joyer refuses to let me have a peephole in my door!) that I dropped out of college where I was relying on my student stafford loans to get by.
I am TRYING to use this time during this summer to both work with my baby and his physical therapist to help him to learn to sit up, crawl and walk - he is the light of my life and my daughter is precious as well. I am also TRYING to make good use of this time before Fall semester starts in September to work diligently with my therapist to overcome some obstacles but it has been nearly impossible as it takes all my energy to be a positive influence - to be a good mom to my baby - at the same time I'm TRYING to create a POSITIVE living environment for the 3 of us, which Rebecca Joyer is making virtually impossible.
Again, any feedback that might help pull me out of the 'quicksand', so to speak, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.