This complaint is concerning collection calls by First Horizon/First Tennessee Bank regarding a HELOC ( Home Equity Line of Credit ). We thought this was a mortgage loan ; however, we are being told that it is treated as a credit card debt. 

In a previous CFPB complaint dated XXXX/XXXX/XXXX, we explained that we have only Social Security as income as a result of layoffs. We applied for this HELOC, in good faith, XXXX XXXX, XXXX. We 'Paid as agreed ' until XXXX, XXXX, after we had been unsuccessful in finding new employment after layoff ; we notified First Horizon/First Tennessee that we would attempt to sell the property. 

We received an email from their Consumer Loan Servicing Department, with text highlighted in bright yellow, saying, " The offer must net a minimum of 40 % -60 % of our mortgages current principal balance to be considered. '' Our Realtor said that the real estate market could not meet that requirement. 

Our credit report indicates that this HELOC was 'charged off ' by First Horizon XXXX yet, they continue to call. I notified them in writing that we are seniors with only Social Security as income. It was explained that we could not afford to pay off this loan, so why keep calling? Their written response says that they have the right to continue calling in an effort to collect. 

I have a log of their phone calls from XXXX XXXX, XXXX to XXXX XXXX, XXXX which include calls on weekends and a call on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. As their letter stated, they are within their rights to attempt to collect. Nevertheless, our income has not changed and we are seniors. When we lost employment, several loans were placed in default ; however, First Horizon is the only one still calling. Is it not enough that these loans appear as defaults on our credit report? There is no justification for these calls, and it begs the question as to whether all of the Social Security seniors who are in default receive collection calls, or is it only select ones? The loan has been charged off, we have no earned income, and we request that the calls stop.