Code enforcement officers converged on the Hilltop Village apartment community for a surprise in...
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- The News4JAX I-TEAM is getting results for tenants at a northwest Jacksonville apartment community who are living with a mice infestation.
The Manager should have to live there with the tenants and let’s see how fast the problem gets solved!
They did that in a movie with Joe Pesci. It was pretty good.
@Jennifer Ellenberger 🦆 off
"Gimmie the rent!" (The Super fans get the reference)
The owner(s) should have to live there for a while.
Isn't that a movie with Joe pesci I think
Awesome, she has signed contracts!
You hear that?! No need to worry about your baby anymore!
The residents should file a class action lawsuit and sure them for 100s of thousands.
They can’t. They don’t pay rent, we pay it for them.
@@jameslong2618 how do you know they don't pay rent?
@Joyce Woodruff Unfortunately I was thinking that he was a racist because of his insistence that they don't pay rent...
@Joyce Woodruff You believe in GOD you’re dumb enough to believe anything.
@Joyce Woodruff you’re creative. Sounds like that school teacher that was getting murdered by a wannabe white cop but got nothing but fame out of it. You hope someone will give you that kind of attention.
HUD violates it’s own rules all the time 😂
@@tonyaduvall49 He is no longer head of HUD. He is a staunch Trump supporter and has no experience in public housing. He used department funds to lavishly furnish his office after he was appointment.
Lol, they need to resolve the murders in Hilltop
This actually infuriates me that anyone has to live like this. How disgusting! The landlord really needs to be dealt with! Smh
I’ve had to live like this. No one does it by choice, if people stay it’s cause they can’t afford to move and that’s so damn unfair
@@lanaconin5704 From what I understand this is a government subsidized housing. Rental assistance for the needy going straight to the housing management, therefore health authorities have every right and responsibility to check health and safety issues.
A lot of times it's because people live like slobs... They live next to fields where mice live there's going to be mice that come in .. if you don't take steps to not let them come in and you live like a slob than there going to come in...
I would have saved my money and moved out, instead of having a baby.
More federally funded apartments need to be inspected,these property managers don't care about tenants and living conditions.
Are these government owned housing like here in Canada that's called SUBSIDIZED HOUSING? Rent prices are based on the tenant's income?
@@YYC403NOYP alot of these landlords don't replace wore out broken things either they try to fix it works a while and back to not working
Mark Miller You're right!
@@YYC403NOYP yes
Perhaps long arms and short pockets
The management always act surprised 😮 hope the tenants all sue & get paid.
This is a corporate issue. The property owner and the city knew about this but thanks to the local news being that voice for the poor things will hopefully change soon.
The local government will shut this place down eventually. It's too far gone. I doubt the owners are willing to spend the big money on repairs
It won't. This is a nationwide problem.
The news stations need a crew that goes around and dose a check up on hud funded housing ever year to see how you're tax dollars are being paid out and the coruption would stop just as Marko Rubio had to come here to weed out Urika Gardens all the news got to do is put on the air that there doing a servay It your tax dollars that's being funded with coruption and you know someone is profiting from it not the tendents
Praise God! Thank you for helping those people. No one should live like that.
Yet they collect rent.
You have to stop and realize also these people are living on Hud low rent.
Some actually don't have to pay rent
And the lady said a lot of people didn't pay rent like 37 people.
Can't keep things up if people aren't paying their rent either
With rats comes snakes. Invest in getting cats.
Then they're going to have a cat problem, cats are just like giant rats.
@@EricK-tb2dn Cats are in no way like a rat, a rat is a rodent and a cat is not. And besides, you only need a few to do the job!
I happen to love cats and you are right, cats would have been great to have, 13 out of 14 apartments had rats i bet that one apartment that didnt have rats, someone there had a cat or cats, only because i know by experience. I live on a block that had a rat outbreak but i was the only one that didnt have that problem because at the time i owned 4 😺... I have seen how fast cats moves to kill rats and mice..
@@EricK-tb2dn sorry i have to say my Neighborhood had a bad mice problem mice problem the neighbors asked the pest control not to take cats away just Neutered and clipped her ears in our problems all went away we only have four cats in our neighborhood with them for cats to keep the mice and rats and snakes away in the mole crickets
awww..that precious baby is just too cute!..
that manager stuttering 3:06...um um um da da da...🤣😂🤣😂😂
and tha vother lady in the checkered dress sure snuck off pretty quick too!🤔🤔🤣😂🤣😂🤭🤭
Straight left her!!!!🤔
Lmfao😂😂😂
A judge should order the property owner(s) and manager(s) to live on site in a tenant apartment until the problem is solved! While we are at it, rent should be suspended as well.
Slumlords should face actual prison time, and not just fines. This happens too often because the penalties are too weak.
It's not just the landlord it's the ones working for Jax housing authority thats taking the pay offs my friend.Coruption is knowing by these so call workers just as Marko Rubio had to come here and weed out Urika Gardens demand Jacksonville to keep your tax dollars not to go to coruption a Senetor had to come to Jacksonville from south FL out of his district just shows the coruption here in Jacksonville and it's still here
I bet the manager lives in the building that doesn't have the mice issue
Because she cleans her house !!! STOP PLAYING VICTIM!
@@penni11 you're pathetic
@@penni11 They look for warmth too, dummy.
@@charliehier8865 - Right. You can have a clean house and still get mice. My sister keeps my mother's house clean, as well as the garage. She found a mouse family living in the back of the dryer in the garage. And they were trying to get under the kitchen sink where the water pipes were.
@@annwithaplan9766 Wow. They’re pretty smart.
I remember when I reported my apartment complex, the manager filed an eviction on me for being late on rent. She knew the app was being provided for assistance. And... there were at least 37 tenants who hadn't paid their rent but she only filed it on me. I found out that she did it on the last day that they were the property manager's. All she did was increase my faith because everything turned around for me in the form of a miracle and they had to address the rat problem no matter what. Sometimes it's the human size rats that eat up your mind more so than the filthy rat, RATS. 🙄😒
Need serious accountability and fines make examples of the landlords.
The only reason there wasn't a problem in building A is that's where the property management lives.
I work for a pest control company. Rodents are sexually mature at most 8 wks, minimum 3 wk. Averaging five to eight babies (pups) per litter. They are constantly procreating and then their babies procreate..and so on. This is the most horrible thing I've seen outside of a hoarder home. So unhealthy to live like that.
😂😂😂da lady ain’t know wat to say
lol
Damn! That’s a damn shame, and a class action lawsuit
Move ALL tenants IMMEDIATELY. Stop the HUD funding to that management company PERMANENTLY. That's a MAJOR violation to take federal funding & NOT do inspections. This company has committed FRAUD against the federal government.
BOTTOM LINE: Fine them BIG TIME. Make them PAY ALL $ going back to 2015 since ZERO inspections have been done & get lawyers to make them pay for ALL tenants moving cost including security deposits, trucks & movers into a NEW PLACE.
Thank you
Great article. Great work done. Please keep us updated. In the meantime the residents need to clean all that stuff out of their homes. They have too much stuff making their homes perfect for nesting.
They don't want to spend the $$$$
Who, the landlords or the tenants?
The manager wanted the reporter and cameraman escorted off of the property. Maybe she should have the mice escorted off too while she's at it.
Right lol
Truth.
That's alot of snake food lol. My cats would love it there. We have alot of strays around but not alot of mice. I live around woods and fields so they could easily get out of hand if it weren't for the cats. But not everyone appreciates having cats around lol.
slumlord dodging responsibility, perhaps fines are in order, since they won't act any other way.
This is the 1st time I could not watch the news, this made me sick so I fast forwarded till I seen people outside and again. This was horrifying 2 bleeping years, I don’t even have words. Who’s ever responsible should go to jail for life endangerment. Just another way of taking advantage of people
To people living in federally subsidized apartments, this should be a lesson: your first call when living in an infested apartment, your first call should be to the apartment manager. Your second should be to the federal agency that oversees the maintenance of the unit.
Unit A is the only one without an infestation. Is that the property manager unit?
Thats what i was about to say
People need to be paid a living wage. No one should have to live like that.
D sad part bout this is a lot of those tenants won't have their lease renewed.they will claim its bcus of new management
mayB day will n mayB day wont.
@@kevinhardy8930 I feel for theses poeples I pray God bless them I am renting an apartment in tallahassee fla it have bugs problems the landlords don't care all they care about rent the apartments are hickory hill apartments I am working on moveing I am buying an home I am going move in better apartment soon it shame how landlords are god see all this 🙏
This is how HUD is in every state. I live in Jackson Michigan n the HUD homes here r absolutely disgusting
It is definitely not normal to have mice over running apartment complexes because they are across the street from a graveyard.
Im on sec 8 and my worker just brused my concern of rats in my house off cos i live next to train tracks. Guess dats wer they come from they caught a ride on da train and came to my house smh
This is a huge problem. We have a mouse problem. My lady lord refuses to help us. We pay for it all.
Contact your local board of health. Legally your land lord must address the issue.
Use black pepper and sprinkle it around the walls and entry ways. Use pepper mint oil to mop and wipe things down. Mice and rats have highly sensitive noses and cant handle the smell. You dont have to worry about having to find their dead bodies either. We had some people next to us hire an exterminator which chased their rats to our house. We tried everything. In my room I used black pepper and peppermint oil to mop. I was the only one to not have them come in my room. Unlike traps mice and rats can learn to avoid. I swear on it. Black pepper and peppermint oil. It will send them running away the moment you use it and they will avoid ur house at all cost. I have an extreme phobia of things that crawl. Bugs and mice. Trust me on this.
@@sweetcheeks89 thanks for the tips
You can legally withhold rent if you prove you're putting it in an escrow account until the problem is resolved. Send a certified letter to the landlord that says that's what you're doing. Look up the tenant landlord laws in your state, but what I've described is usually the answer. There ARE laws to protect tenants, but people are uninformed & landlords know that. They'll get away with anything they can if you let them. Don't let them. Knowledge is power!
Thank you for your story and putting a light on this terrible problem God bless you for that
Most landlord tenant law dictates that every resident can withhold rent until the matter is resolved. They have to set up an escrow account & prove they are still depositing funds equal to rent payments, but they don't have to turn them over until the problem is resolved. At which point you're probably in court, so the judge would likely reduce the amount due to inconvenience to you. If they had banded together & done this 2 years ago, the complex would've been forced to address it. I can't believe they lived with this infestation for 2 years & did nothing but made phone calls. 🤦
Aw hell naw
I Team did a wonderful job on this report I'm so happy these residents we will be getting the help they deserve..
Hilltop sign over ownership to me I will take over and make it better!!! Seriously sign it. I will take care of the people!!!
🌴💛💚🧡❤️🖤🌴🏘️
This is just AWFUL! NO ONE SHOULD LIVE LIKE THIS! 🤬😠
Give the tenants money to leave and burn the place down. Nothing can be done when you have such a huge infestation
She is just a manager not a owner. If it was your home like that child protective services would be removing your children.
mgt doesn't care until they have to-all they care about is that HUD money
It’s so sad what poor people have to learn to live with. Unbelievable 🤬
Bless News4jax.. this is ridiculous
Apartments with rodent infestation are usually Apartments that are not keeping up with its weekly trash pick-up and quarterly pest-control treatment. This is, unfortunately, at Apartments in low income urban area where city enforcement laws are lax.
I'm glad there is a report on this. Help those tenants. You no their still paying rent. Just trifling.
They should refund all money that has been given to this complex
I bet you won't find no mice in those apartments in the town center or near the beaches
This problem has been going on way longer than six years. The owners and the city should be ashamed of how they treat its natives. Don't wonder why this city appears cursed when it consistently ignores and mistreat the people.
How many of the tenants haven't paid rent for a year?
Mind blowing!!! If you don't want overwhelming infestations whether people,animals, or insects...don't leave them invitations i.e. FOOD!!!
Management should be held accountable for that torture!!!!!
HUD management is pocketing the schedule money allotted for the inspection!
The apartment building is surrounded by fields... mice are going to come...
Get cats!!!
My cat 🐈⬛ would be in heaven living in that rodent infested building.
Maybe cleaning your house would help Every one they went into had crap EVERYWHERE The people are partially to blame for living like pigs
You sound like a landlord that finds excuses rather than keeping things up to code. Don't mistake clutter for filth. The young lady with a baby's house was clean.
Isn't this what code enforcement is for, this and proper building code construction...... not screwing with people.
For this I would own like 5 cats 🐈😻
Good job n4j. I'll give a thumbs up for this.
Why did it take two years to get the cities code enforcement, or cities houseing department out there to take care of the problem?
1: glue traps should be illegal to use. It is the absolute most cruel way to kill them.
2: they are attracted to food/garbage so the problem is with the tenants most likely leaving food/garbage just hanging around.
3: the "chronic garbage overflow" is the problem! Meaning the people living there are contributing to the problem! No trash=no rats!
Dumbest post of the day
I feel like all the shootings that go on in that place are more of a problem than the mice
😳 oh that's bad, them poor people.
Holy sheet some of these apartments aren’t actually “clean.”
If moving isn't doable, I would suggest getting some cats asap!
How are you gonna say you clean when you have stuff stacked up left and right throughout that place
She probably has things stacked on the dresser off of the floor so maybe the mice won’t get into them so easily.
Wise up family. They are releasing these rodents on you and your children to get you out.
I neva thought 💭 of it that way.. but why 🤔
See now it'll be wrong when they don't pay rent. Perfectly fine to make a million at least a month from all buildings an make people live like this. They should be paid to live there
From experience: management or even their staff seldom live where they work despite the good deals they can get, not just because residents would harass them daily about random stuff but because the living conditions are deplorable. This is for any low-income apartment community not high end luxury apartments where you pay an arm and a leg. lol
Sign a petition and file a class action lawsuit.
I'm sure the residents do nothing to draw the rodents in. But, property owners getting federal funding, not promptly getting a pest control company to take care of a dangerous infestation is so wrong. That should mean a big fine and revocation of all federal funding. With immediate repayment for the last 5 years that this took to happen.
Disgusting and the manager has a lot of nerve getting on camera saying the tenants are her concern. Yeah now that she's been exposed! She should have to live there!
She needs to go‼️
That’s disgusting, nobody should live in that. Rats and mice carry so many diseases. I wish I owned a place that they could all move in to.
'Dey picks up...' lol
I don't even know if a barn full of cats could handle that problem but that's where I would start with
Odd, that was my first response as well. And it would not need that many. Perhaps ask the local shelter if they need some foster homes for a few weeks.
Bet they don’t allow pets. Lol.
Does any of them have a cat? Get some strays for the neighborhood?
ryte i let loose 10 cats if i was management that are spaded them cats would be fat and spoiled
MY NEIGHBORS GOT SICK FROM MICE DROPPINGS.....ITS SUPER HAZARDOUS!
"Hantavirus is a potentially life-threatening disease transmitted to humans by rodents-primarily, the white-footed deer mouse. People become infected through exposure or inhalation of infected rodent urine, droppings or saliva, and the chances increase when people are near spaces where rodents are actively living."
my owners left the outer walls hanging open during a "renovation". my neighbor was deathly ill for weeks.
reason gov, senator, code enforce came to Hilltop Village yall. that is super serious.
Complex on should be held responsible for also buying them more furniture and clothes and doctor visits should be find and shut down
This is ridiculous an its not from living across from a cemetery as the women stated Its a infestation they need to condemn this place hope the tenants sue people shouldn't have to live like this...
He sent a Letter to HUD?
Your in DC get your Butt into that office
That where 80% of the murders are goin down and they complaining about some mice?! People's priorities be f*cked up
It's a shame how everyone ( the authorities)involved plays like this wasn't happening UNTIL the media got on it. The one tennant said she complained at least 15 times about it. 🤔
Believe it or not this is a widespread problem mice,rats,bed bugs,and mold just to name a few always in lower income properties.
They better do right by these people bc to many times they just condemn the property and evict the tenants leaving them homeless.
Those are rats. Not mice. Please.
Giant rat farms, wat is the manager /owner waiting for? 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
The property manager doesn't own that property.
Wasn’t Ben Carson in charge from 2016-2020?
My tax $ should insure these Americans a decent clean environment! Hurray to Rubio!
And Rubio out running behind Trump and not keeping up with his job. Where was Ben Carson?
THANK YOU!
Plaster of Paris works almost immediately and is non toxic.
My sister had a neighbor who had mice and she got bit on the arm and had to have her arm amputated up to her elbow.
Now that’s scary
how many times was the city notified ?
They picks up🤣🤣🤣🤣
They not surprised they know they know this been going on they all need to be fired and replace and all the tenants need to sue
The biggest rat of the lot was the manager
Just watched a video of a guy feeding about 30 deer that come up to his house......rats come around for garbage left out.....you know what I mean jelly bean?
Greetings. Smh. Hell, the prisons shouldn't look like that either.