Action News Jax reporter Madison Foglio stood across the street from an apartment complex on Wilson Boulevard in Jacksonville’s Cedar Hills neighborhood and described a situation that, in her telling, has gone from “bad” to “hard to believe.” A woman living there says squatters have taken over buildings in her Westside complex, and she claims the landlord has done little to stop it even after months of complaints.
Foglio reported that the resident she spoke with, Karen Jennings, told her she is scared to leave her home without her gun because of the squatters and the people she says have been hanging around the property. Jennings also told Foglio something even more alarming: she believes she is the only person in her building who actually pays rent.
Foglio said Jennings lives in the building behind a palm tree visible from the live shot, with two buildings sitting directly across from where the reporter was positioned. Jennings told Foglio she has been complaining to the leasing office for more than a year, but nothing seems to be getting done…