For most Americans, it is the biggest purchase they’ll ever make in their lives. However, owning a home might feel like a goal that is out of financial reach for some.

A senior official with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is visiting Jacksonville on Wednesday to join Mayor Donna Deegan and the Jacksonville Housing Authority for a funding announcement.

A Jacksonville nonprofit and a developer have purchased a pair of troubled apartment complexes on the city’s eastside, paving the way for renovations and property improvements. Nonprofit LIFT JAX and real estate company Joined Development announced on Tuesday that they official purchased Eastside Terrace and Eastside Gardens for $6.2 million. The agreement was years in the making. They expect to begin renovations within 60 days.

Fix the problems by Saturday or don’t get paid. That’s the message Jacksonville housing officials have for the landlords of a troubled apartment complex that the News4JAX I-TEAM first exposed last month. City leaders tell the I-TEAM that management at the Cascade Apartments in Grand Park has been told to correct all problems by Saturday otherwise affected residents can withhold their rent.

Right now, nearly 150,000 people are on the waiting list to get into affordable public housing. Are you one of them?

Jacksonville city officials, nonprofit leaders and private stakeholders met this week on Mayor Donna Deegan’s housing subcommittee on Friday.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is calling for an immediate investigation into the Monaco Arms apartments in Jacksonville, following numerous complaints about an active gas leak which he says remain unaddressed. In a letter to Marcia Fudge, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Rubio expressed serious concerns about the safety of residents at the property.

In the News4JAX I-TEAM’s ongoing investigation into failing apartment complexes in Jacksonville, the spotlight has shifted to the Eastside Terrace and Eastside Gardens properties, where government subsidies help many pay their rent. The two sister properties, just a mile north of the sports complex, have been under scrutiny for years due to substandard conditions.

A Jacksonville nonprofit and a developer plan to buy and renovate two troubled apartment complexes on the Eastside the I-TEAM first exposed back in 2021 for unsanitary and unsafe conditions. It’s a deal that’s years in the making.

City officials said that since October 2021, code enforcement inspectors have found 86 code violations at a Jacksonville apartment complex that has come under scrutiny after residents revealed they have been dealing with mold, crumbling staircases, rodents and more.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan joined other city officials and HUD representatives at the Cascade Apartments on Kings Road Tuesday afternoon. This comes after the News4JAX I-TEAM reported on the mold, pest and structural problems there.

Residents at a Grand Park apartment complex are begging for help. They said they’ve endured horrid living conditions without any repairs for years.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Development (HUD) asking that the owner of two Jacksonville apartment complexes be removed from ownership and banned from owning any other federally-subsidized properties.

Join us tomorrow at 7:40 a.m. on The Morning Show for our interview with a lawyer with legal aid who specializes in Florida tenant rights.

Our I-TEAM investigation into the mice infestation at Hilltop Village Apartments in Northwest Jacksonville has helped uncover a statewide problem. Hilltop Village Apartments is an affordable housing complex managed by Cambridge Management, Inc., and now, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on HUD to inspect all properties managed by Cambridge Management across the state of Florida.

Jacksonville honored three local groups Tuesday that Mayor Lenny Curry said are making a difference in the lives of many in the community.

The dollar figure the I-TEAM found is staggering: $20 million paid to the owners of 11 local HUD-approved apartment communities despite the feds failing to inspect the properties to confirm they provide safe and healthy living conditions.

Richard Hamlet’s company, Global Ministries Foundation, had to have completed and reported all repairs to Eureka Gardens by Thursday. Hamlet also thanked Eureka Gardens residents and the tenant association, which first brought the complex's deplorable living conditions to the attention of News4Jax, for their patience. Eureka Gardens' troubled historyChannel 4's investigative reports led to a citywide code enforcement sweep spearheaded by Mayor Lenny Curry in October. HUD said agents will be back to inspect Eureka Gardens in the coming days to verify if all repairs have been made and if the fixes are acceptable. Global Ministries receives $6 million in taxpayer money every year to run Eureka Gardens, according to the organization's HUD contract, which expires in March.