Rats have made living conditions so unacceptable and despicable at Hilltop Village Apartments the federal government should immediately shut down the complex, Jacksonville City Council member Ju Coby Pittman wrote in a letter to the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
HUD has not gone that far in its own response to the rodent infestation that has lead to rats running through apartments. The federal agency has met with the company managing the apartment complex about the company s commitment to spend about $256,000 for extermination and pest control, according to HUD.
Pittman said in her letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge that 13 of 14 buildings at Hilltop Village are infested.
I-TEAM: Owners of mice-infested apartment community received millions from government
Hilltop Village Apartments are contracted under HUD
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Since fiscal year 2016, S.P. Hilltop LP, the company that owns the Hilltop Village Apartments in Northwest Jacksonville, has received $11.8 million in federal money as part of the owner’s contract to provide affordable housing to low-income families.
As part of that agreement, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is required to inspect the property every few years to ensure that the property owner is providing a safe and healthy living environment.
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 5.10.21
Good Monday morning.
Cody McCloud, press secretary to Gov.
Ron DeSantis, is exiting the comms shop to become Legislative Affairs Director at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
State Rep.
Ben Diamond is entering the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District â a seat being vacated by incumbent
Charlie Crist, who
jumped into the 2022 gubernatorial contest Tuesday.
The St. Petersburg Democrat is set to make the announcement today at USF St. Pete, where he will be joined by several local politicos, including Pinellas County Commissioners
Pat Gerard and
I-TEAM: Tenant waits 359 days for city to take action after reporting mice infestation
Landlord never fined or penalized for failing to exterminate Northwest Jacksonville apartment
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I-TEAM: Tenant waits 359 days for city to take action after reporting mice infestation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sedricia Tinsley is frustrated, defeated and depressed. She said no one would help her get rid of mice infesting the apartment she shares with her three young children at the Hilltop Village Apartments on West 45th Street. She couldn’t afford to move nor could she afford to replace the mattress mice nested inside that belongs to her 9-year-old daughter.
Rep. Al Lawson echoes concerns about rodent-plagued conditions at apartments in Jacksonville
The city says the apartments are federally and state-funded and that Al Lawson should be the one taking action, not the city. Author: Casey Feindt, First Coast News Staff Published: 12:00 PM EDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 12:06 PM EDT May 7, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A Jacksonville apartment complex is at the center of controversy after a U.S. Congressman says its residents are living in deplorable conditions.
Now, U.S. Rep. Al Lawson says after being made aware of the conditions at Hilltop Village Apartments, he has sent a letter requesting action from Mayor Lenny Curry regarding the Hilltop Village Apartments.