The Jacksonville Housing Authority is working on bringing more affordable housing to several neighborhoods in the city.

News4JAX went on a tour with Cheron Corbett Waller, the agency’s new CEO, and showed us what affordable housing projects are in the works in two historic neighborhoods.

“We want our area to look good. We want something here that we are going to be proud of,” Corbett Waller said.

One of the stops was in historic Eastside, the site of the Downtown East apartments— once known as Franklin Arms.

Alice Nelson, who grew up in this neighborhood, said these buildings are an eyesore.

“It’s dilapidated. It was previously drug-infested. It is just a disgrace to the community,” Nelson said.

In 2022, News4JAX reported these apartments were deemed a nuisance.

Now, between JHA, LI

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