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Gov. DeSantis cuts off state funds to management company of rodent-plagued apartment complex
Six months after an I-TEAM investigation first exposed a rodent infestation and other unsafe living conditions at Hilltop Village Apartments in Jacksonville, Floridaโs governor is cutting off all state money to companies associated with the complex โ penalizing them for failing to make fixes and allowing the problems to continue.
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I-TEAM: Sen. Rubio wants HUD to relocate Hilltop Village tenants in unhealthy apartments
U.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.
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Sen. Rubio wants more HUD checks following I-TEAM reports on Hilltop Village
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.
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City officials travel to US Capitol to meet with government leaders about embattled apartment community
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curryโs 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.
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Rodent-plagued residents take their fight to court
Tenants 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.