i have to go and mop all the building by myself. >> at one point, adama and his neighbors faced over 285 housing violations on only 18 apartment units, including lead paint. >> the lead paint. yes, they just painted. you just come, you know, the wall is new now, because they just fixed--we called 911, we complained and they sent them to fix that. everything was terrible. and, uh, we keep calling, no one doing nothing. >> because you have children, too. >> yeah, yeah, my children. yeah, they was, uh, you know, taking the peeled paint and put in their mouth, something like this. and i have to send them to the doctor to do check up. and thanks god, uh, he's okay for now. [indistinct] >> huh? >> did you put the sound? all the kid bedroom, they was living here. everything was infected with, you see? they have to fix all 4 walls and the kids were living here, like, for 5 years. they were living--the first one got, you know, 7 years. so, she born in 2003 and... >> when asked why they don't simply move out of the deteriorating buildings, adama and his neighbor, boukary, both immigrants from