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Landlord under fire: Man known as ‘slumlord’ to tenants sees rental empire hit with multi-million dollar foreclosures
Read full article: Landlord under fire: Man known as ‘slumlord’ to tenants sees rental empire hit with multi-million dollar foreclosuresSome of his tenants call him a slumlord, complaining of trash piling up and properties not being safely maintained, but a landlord’s empire in Jacksonville may be crumbling.
From a botched fridge install to landlord complaints: Here are the top 2025 I-TEAM and Addressing Affordability stories
Read full article: From a botched fridge install to landlord complaints: Here are the top 2025 I-TEAM and Addressing Affordability storiesFrom a botched refrigerator installation to complaints filed against a landlord for awful living conditions. Here are the top 10 I-Team and Addressing Affordability stories of 2025.
‘It’s horrid’: Tenants say they’re paying nearly $1K for mold, leaks, and broken AC in duplexes owned by major landlord
Read full article: ‘It’s horrid’: Tenants say they’re paying nearly $1K for mold, leaks, and broken AC in duplexes owned by major landlordMore complaints are flooding the News4JAX I-TEAM about one of Jacksonville’s largest landlords, People’s Choice Apartments, run by real estate investor and podcast host Jarek Tadla.
‘Slumlord problem’: Jacksonville’s most vulnerable forced to choose between affordable rent and safe living conditions
Read full article: ‘Slumlord problem’: Jacksonville’s most vulnerable forced to choose between affordable rent and safe living conditionsTenants at several Jacksonville apartment complexes say they’re living in dangerous, deteriorating conditions while paying rising rents to one of the city’s largest landlords.
Podcast host with millions of followers linked to multiple Jacksonville apartment complexes facing scrutiny
Read full article: Podcast host with millions of followers linked to multiple Jacksonville apartment complexes facing scrutinyArbor Oaks on Jammes Road, the troubled Westside apartment complex the News4JAX I-TEAM reported last week, was previously owned by Jarek Tadla, a Polish-born real estate investor who, according to the JAX Rental Housing project at the University of North Florida, has companies that own more apartment complexes in Jacksonville than anyone else.
Rising corporate ownership of Jacksonville apartments is contributing to higher costs. Here’s who owns where you live
Read full article: Rising corporate ownership of Jacksonville apartments is contributing to higher costs. Here’s who owns where you live72% of local apartment complexes are owned by corporate investment firms