This question is similar to the ff: Razor HtmlHelper Extensions (or other namespaces for views) Not Found
I already applied a sub web.config in that area and it can'tb be a nuget issue because there are already other areas that has the same structure but have their views work at it should. Below is a representation of the areas:
Areas
--<Area1 - Folder>
----Views - Folder
------<View1 - Folder>
--------Shared - Folder
--------_ViewStart.cshtml
--------web.config
--<My Area - Folder>
----Views - Folder
------<View1 - Folder>
--------Shared - Folder
--------_ViewStart.cshtml
--------web.config
Please note that in the above example, Area 1 and its views already work and I simply added a new one. As for the contents of the _Viewstart.cshtml, it only points to a file in the shared folder that consists of the general layout that is to be shared by all of the views in the area.
I am trying to figure this out otherwise I'd have to port every part of every page to a new View