I-TEAM: Court documents confirm problems still not fixed at mice-infested complex

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Code enforcement inspectors instrumentality to Northwest Jacksonville flat analyzable astatine extremity of September, find 26 violations

ITEAM probe uncovered rats, roaches and fertile conditions successful Section 8 lodging successful Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – New accusation pursuing a monthslong probe into an embattled flat assemblage successful Northwest Jacksonville wherever the News4Jax I-TEAM recovered a mice infestation successful April of this year: Court documents corroborate the problems inactive person not been fixed.

Code enforcement inspectors were backmost retired astatine Hilltop Village Apartments astatine the extremity of past month. Now we cognize they recovered 26 violations, 14 of which papers a rodent infestation. Many of the violations impact tenants who person had a persistent occupation that has inactive not been cleared up. All are from inspections that occurred connected Sept. 22 and enactment a rodent infestation successful apartments located successful 8 of the 14 buildings connected the property.

Code enforcement inspectors person been conducting regular inspections since the mayor’s bureau ordered a expanse of Hilltop Village Apartments aft the first I-TEAM communicative connected the complex revealed a mice infestation truthful terrible mice were surviving and defecating successful clothes, nesting wrong room cabinets, recovered successful a container nether a tenant’s descend and burrowing successful couches.

Inspectors person been issuing fines against the proprietor since past — which person amounted to tens of thousands of dollars.

The spot manager told the I-TEAM successful May that they’re doing everything they tin to hole the problem, which, according to tenants, is inactive not resolved.

Jacksonville Area Legal Aid filed a suit earlier this summertime against the owners of Hilltop Village Apartments, insisting that the tenants beryllium relocated portion the rodent infestation is fixed.

The owners person responded and impeach tenants of purposely making the mice occupation worst. They submitted pictures from the pest power institution hired to exterminate the mice to the justice presiding implicit the lawsuit. Those pictures, they say, amusement tenants making the occupation worse by leaving retired food.

No day has been acceptable for the adjacent hearing.

Meanwhile, the Duval County School Board connected Tuesday is expected to see a solution calling connected the Department of Housing and Urban Development to halt issuing vouchers for usage astatine the analyzable until the owners and absorption institution instrumentality much steps to marque the analyzable harmless for children. The schoolhouse committee says it’s acting connected behalf of the students who unrecorded astatine the analyzable and who person been negatively impacted by the rodent infestation.