JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Jacksonville woman says squatters have taken over her Westside apartment complex and the landlord isn\u2019t doing anything about it.<\/p>\n
Those apartments are on Wilson Boulevard in Cedar Hills. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am not safe in my home. I am not safe,\u201d Karen Jennings says. <\/p>\n
Jennings has been living at 6259 Wilson Blvd since 2022. She says she first noticed the squatters staying at the complex in 2023.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been experiencing a lot of men on the premises that don\u2019t stay here, and they\u2019re looking and watching to see when we leave and when we come home, which I don\u2019t like because I live by myself, and also that when we throw trash in the trash can, they are in the can before you even get to the dumpster,\u201d Jennings said.<\/p>\n Karen gave us a tour of the building. We saw the windows and doors boarded up, and some of the doors to the apartment were wide open. Inside of them, dirt and debris, and clutter. <\/p>\n I reached out to the city to see if the property had any code enforcement citations. They sent me back an over 100-page document with every citation made for the property \u2013 noting that in 2025 alone, there were 32 code enforcement citations.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n From January 1st 2025 through February 25th 2026 \u2014 JSO has been called six times to this building for complaints about squatters\u2026including a call from Jennings this week.<\/p>\n \u201cI had laid down and I woke up to the fire truck. Squatters had them set the building on fire with me in my bed asleep,\u201d Jennings said.<\/p>\n The building is now owned by Legacy Family Communities LLC; it used to be owned by People\u2019s Choice Apartments LLC. <\/p>\n Jennings sent numerous emails to the leasing office, concerned about the squatters. We asked her if the complex ever did anything about it. She said, \u201cno ma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n I went to speak with Legacy Family Communities in person. I also sent them an email asking for a statement about the squatters. They told me no one was available to talk at that time. <\/p>\n Jennings says after the fire, JSO cleared out all of the squatters in the building, but she doesn\u2019t think she\u2019ll be without neighbors for long.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ll be back, baby; they will be back. Trust me, they\u2019ll be back,\u201d Jennings said. <\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Jacksonville woman says squatters have taken over her Westside apartment complex and the landlord…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":618767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[264973,12189,5229,264971,3188,723,11561,7310,73762,8423,36704,264972,264976,264974,425,29917,30170,264975,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,264970],"class_list":["post-618766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-6259_wilson_boulevard","tag-action_news","tag-america","tag-cedar_hills","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jack","tag-jacksonville","tag-jennings","tag-jso","tag-karen","tag-karen_jennings","tag-legacy_family_communities","tag-legacy_family_communities_llc","tag-local","tag-madison","tag-madison_foglio","tag-peoples_choice_apartments_llc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wilson_boulevard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116139943933148399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}