<human>: In 2013 I experienced a financial crisis due to some health problems, and was unable to pay rent for several months. My landlord took me to housing court, where I was given some time to try and pay off the back rent, or else be evicted. In the end, I was unable to raise the money, so I notified my landlord that I would move out. As far as I know, I was never officially evicted, since I moved out before the deadline.

As I understood it, the court decided that I had to either pay the back rent or leave, and so I left. I did not receive any communication from my landlord since moving out in 2013.

Today I received two phone calls and a text message from my landlord's assistant. The text promised that if I called him back, he had very important information for me that I would "useful and benefitial" (his spelling, not mine). I should have known better, but I called him back. During our phone call, he told me in vague, disjointed terms (English is not his first language) that someone(?) would get 40% of my accounts unless I settled with them now...? Basically, he was trying to shake me down for money from my old back rent. Is this legal? Is he entitled to anything?

Currently, I have **no** wages or savings which he would be able to garnish. Technically I'm homeless, actually. I'm currently trying to get surgery through Medicaid so I can return to work and save up enough to get a place to live. I'm really in dire straits to be honest, and just trying to get back on my feet. I think my landlord is betting on making a quick buck off me, on the assumption that I'll be back in the black since so much time has passed, but he's actually really kicking me while I'm down and trying to get blood from a stone.

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: Is it legal to try and get back rent from someone years after you try to evict them and they willingly move out?