‘Not livable for anyone now’: Blossom Apartments ransacked months after owners ordered to vacate tenants

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Broken glass crunched under Lashia Brown-Thomas’ feet as she walked into the Blossom Apartments leasing office.

Seven months after the Mississippi Home Corporation ordered Blossom to be vacated, the South Jackson apartment complex has been all but destroyed.

“It’s broken windows. They took the copper. The doors are off. Water heaters are gone,” the Ward Six councilwoman said. “This is place is not livable for anyone now.”

Blossom Apartments Timeline:

• July 2024 – Owner Tony Little refutes $470,000 water bill from JXN Water
• July 2025 – JXN Water disconnects service for nonpayment; Little still owes more than $400,000
• August 2025 – Mississippi Home Corporation orders tenants to be moved out after facility without water for two weeks
• August 29, 2025 – JXN Water sues Blossom for delinquent water bills
• February 11, 2026 – Jackson Code Enforcement sends notice of violation to Blossom owners, directing them to secure facility

WLBT recently visited the Woodbine Street complex, to discover that the one-time stable facility has been completely ransacked.

Nearly every window in the complex was broken, and many of the doors that once provided privacy to tenants were torn off, open, or hanging by a hinge.

At the business office, furniture was either missing or broken, with hundreds of documents strewn across the floor. The only sounds came from the blinds as they were rattled by the wind.

Just outside, the swimming pool that was drained by owner Tony Little in back in 2024 due to inappropriate activity was again full, this time with rainwater and debris, including a fire hydrant and apartment door.

Brown-Thomas, who pointed out that the fence surrounding the pool also was gone, said the complex needs to be secured.

“You have apartments that are wide open, and there’s a school not that far away,” she said. “I have a problem with that.”

Blossom, located at 3100 Woodbine St., is owned by the Louisiana-based Blossom Apartments LLC. Managing Partner Tony Little has been the face of the company.

However, Brown-Thomas says she hasn’t been able to contact Little in months.

“It was last year, maybe right after the water crisis out here. He was texting, he came to City Hall, and after that, I haven’t heard or seen Mr. Little,” she said. “This is all his responsibility, and it’s up to us to make sure he stands on his responsibilities.”

Brown-Thomas said she contacted Code Enforcement about the problem.

Documents obtained by 3 On Your Side through an open record request reveal a notice of violation was sent to Little and Tausha Sheryce Sanders on February 11.

The two are directed to board up and secure the structure and remove trash and debris, with the next inspection slated for March 3.

It’s unclear if the city had received a response. We have reached out to Director of Communications Nic Lott for a comment and are waiting to hear back.

Little could not be reached via phone call or text.

“This is what I have a problem with, that people from other states come in our town, they buy up these properties, and this is what happens,” she said. “They abandon them.”

“This is ridiculous.”

In August, Little was ordered to begin moving tenants out of the complex after water had been shut off at the facility for more than two weeks.

JXN Water turned off the water there in July after Blossom refused to pay a more than $400,000 water bill.

[READ: ‘He has to pay his bill’: Water shut off at Blossom Apartments]

Mayor John Horhn asked to U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate to restore water service temporarily to give residents time to relocate.

On August 19, Horhn announced no more extensions would be given after a second, seven-day extension ended.

[READ: Jackson Mayor: No more extensions on water at Blossom Apartments]

It was unclear when the final tenants moved out.

No one was seen on the property during our visits on Monday and Tuesday. Many of the electric meters had been pulled.

And despite a written warning on one unit telling vagrants to leave the air conditioning units alone, it appeared many of those units were missing.

Meanwhile, at least two burn spots were located there, including a makeshift fire pit in front of an abandoned building, as well as a larger spot in the middle of parking lot topped with the charred remains of a small mattress.

In a strange twist, months after tenants were forced to leave due to the lack of running water, a valve at the front of the property was pouring.

WLBT reached out to Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin, who oversees JXN Water, and said a truck was sent out to turn it off.

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