HUD: ‘We are committed to ongoing, swift engagement’ at Hilltop Village Apartments to ensure standards
Read full article: HUD: ‘We are committed to ongoing, swift engagement’ at Hilltop Village Apartments to ensure standardsThe Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says in a statement that its No. 1 priority is the safety and wellbeing of people living in HUD-assisted properties.
Gov. DeSantis cuts off state funds to management company of rodent-plagued apartment complex
Read full article: Gov. DeSantis cuts off state funds to management company of rodent-plagued apartment complexSix months after an I-TEAM investigation first exposed a rodent infestation and other unsafe living conditions at Hilltop Village Apartments in Jacksonville, Florida’s governor is cutting off all state money to companies associated with the complex – penalizing them for failing to make fixes and allowing the problems to continue.
I-TEAM: Sen. Rubio wants HUD to relocate Hilltop Village tenants in unhealthy apartments
Read full article: I-TEAM: Sen. Rubio wants HUD to relocate Hilltop Village tenants in unhealthy apartmentsU.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is now calling on the U.S. HUD to not only relocate tenants impacted by a severe rodent infestation, electrical problems, overflowing garbage and other safety and sanitary violations, but also review security steps the management company is taking following crimes committed at the complex.
Sen. Rubio wants more HUD checks following I-TEAM reports on Hilltop Village
Read full article: Sen. Rubio wants more HUD checks following I-TEAM reports on Hilltop VillageOur 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.
City officials travel to US Capitol to meet with government leaders about embattled apartment community
Read full article: City officials travel to US Capitol to meet with government leaders about embattled apartment communityJacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s chief of staff, Jordan Elsbury, has spent the last three days in Washington, D.C., meeting with government leaders about the problems at Hilltop Village Apartments.
Rodent-plagued residents take their fight to court
Read full article: Rodent-plagued residents take their fight to courtTenants at Hilltop Village Apartments, a government-subsidized complex in Northwest Jacksonville that have been reporting problems with rodents for the past year have now asked a judge to force the owner to move them until the mice infestation is fixed.
I-TEAM: HUD inspectors coming soon to mice-infested Northwest Jacksonville complex
Read full article: I-TEAM: HUD inspectors coming soon to mice-infested Northwest Jacksonville complexThe I-TEAM’s investigation into a mice infestation at the Hilltop Village apartments in Northwest Jacksonville continues to get results for tenants.
Councilwoman on mice-infested complex: ‘They need to be shut down’
Read full article: Councilwoman on mice-infested complex: ‘They need to be shut down’After witnessing an active mice infestation while going door-to-door at apartments at Hilltop Village, a subsidized housing complex in Northwest Jacksonville, City Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman is mad.
I-TEAM: Mice infestation complaints date back at least 2 years at local apartment complex
Read full article: I-TEAM: Mice infestation complaints date back at least 2 years at local apartment complexThe I-TEAM has discovered a disgusting problem scurrying around several homes at the Hilltop Village apartment community on West 45th Street in Northwest Jacksonville.