JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville social media influencer says she’s being forced out of the home her late father left her after a homeowners association in an Oakleaf 55-and-older community sued to remove her from the neighborhood and proposed charging residents a $155,000 special assessment to help pay legal fees.
Bethany Michel, 28, inherited the home in Arbor Mill after her father, a disabled veteran, died in October 2023. Michel said she moved into the home in 2020 to care for her terminally ill father during the COVID-19 pandemic after restrictions at his assisted living facility made it difficult to provide his dialysis care.
Now, nearly three years into a legal dispute with the homeowners association, Michel says the fight has become about more than just where she lives…