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Crews from the city were out at Colonial Forest Apartments Monday – cleaning things up and repairing staircases that were recently condemned because of rotting wood and other stability issues. The repairs are starting just days after a judge granted the City of Jacksonville an emergency temporary injunction requiring the Colonial Forest owner to correct issues at the property.

A judge has granted the City of Jacksonville a temporary injunction requiring the owner of Colonial Forest Apartments to take immediate action at the property.

The City of Jacksonville is taking legal action against the owner of Colonial Forest Apartments on the Westside for maintaining a public nuisance.

After 10 units were condemned at Colonial Forest Apartments on Jacksonville’s Westside, some residents are scrambling to find a new place to live and are saying the city’s help is not enough.

Residents at Colonial Forest Apartments on the Westside say they feel unsafe living there. Multiple stairways and patios have been condemned at the property on Firestone Road. One woman told News4JAX she nearly fell off her front porch because the patio floor caved in.