PA housing /housing association England do I have to pay the bill
So bear with me, it's a little long.
Long story short, I told my landlord in writing that I was moving. A week later, I received a letter in writing saying I was harassing neighbours, showing aggressive behaviour, and that there was a police investigation naming me by name in the letter. I had been a tenant with them for over a decade, and this is behaviour I would never dream of. It all came after they disclosed my details to a tenant moving in who has a problem with me and I put a complaint against them and with housing ombudsman, which I had already told them about.
Anyway, I panicked at the time because I didn't know what to do. I managed to get some advice and went to the police, where I found out there was no investigation against me (shocking). When I put a complaint in against PA, they said it was a generic letter sent out to everyone. I'm kind of friends with some of my neighbours, though, and they received nothing.
Honestly, I ended up fleeing because I became scared and paranoid about what else I might be accused of.
Anyway, fast forward to today, and they've billed me for some things I left behind, which is kind of fair, I guess. But they've also billed me for things that aren't true, like clearing areas of the property that I never even had access to such as the basement.
Is it worth arguing, or not? Part of me feels like I should stick up for myself, but at the same time I just want to close that chapter.