A quarter of those surveyed for a recent University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) poll said the most important problem facing Jacksonville is housing costs.

Two referendums finding favor with voters are a measure to allow City Council to appoint and remove JEA Board Members and a measure to implement the half-cent sales tax to fix aging schools in Duval County. RELATED: Jacksonville voters concerned about state reopening too quickly amid pandemic, UNF poll findsIn a video released by Duval County Public Schools, the district said its schools are the oldest in the state and almost every school needs repairs or upgrades, pointing to crumbling walls, leaks and failing air conditioners. “Jacksonville is very supportive of investing in their public schools, something we have consistently seen in our polling over the years,” said Dr. Michael Binder, PORL faculty director and associate professor of political science. A majority of Duval voters -- 65% -- believe that JSO can be trusted to do the right thing, either all or most of the time, while 35% said they can be trusted only sometimes, or not often at all. We are no means out of the woods and stand committed to making every neighborhood safer every day.”The survey was comprised of a sample of 863 registered likely voters in Congressional District 4, and 545 registered likely voters in Duval County.