sam: for 61-year-old janice dunbar, times could hardly be worse. she is among families forced out of 3913 knox place by the city and tomorrow she is burying her husband of 43 years, otis dunbar. >> tomorrow. i had to postpone it. because i had to get this stuff done. sam: for 12 families left in the 30-unit building the conditions have been bad for a while. the city cites 287 code violations. but with rent around $600 a month, it's one of the few places these working poor people could afford. >> some of them said man, i'd just go ahead and stay here. why can't you just fix the building up? zach we ran into the -- sam: we ran into the owner and he said is we're trespassing. >> this is private property. sam: we want to ask about people put out here. >> ask them. sam: i understand you're the owner. nothing more. the movers are busy and the city is putting the stuff in storage to give them two weeks to free hotel. >> give them 14 days in a hotel. >> you don't have a place? >> noers. >> upset, angry. sam: so lots of question, unease as many look to the

for janice dunbar, the news comes days after her husband died. >> we had to pack up everything and move fast and do everything in a hurry. >> reporter: because they were forced to move, the family had to postpone the funeral. >> i cannot do it all. so had to delay his funeral. >> reporter: all 12 families will be housed temporarily in a local hotel. after that, they'll have to find their own housing. >> we need the community's help in helping these people be able to be placed in a permanent home. >> reporter: now the district government will pay for those hotels for two weeks. after that the families can apply for housing vouch us but those are handed out based on economic need. many of these families do have jobs so they may not qualify for the housing vouchers. as for the owner of this building, he's facing more than $130,000 in fines. he can appeal those or he could go ahead and make the needed repairs here then start renting these apartments again. in southeast, mark segraves, news 4. >>> continuing to track a few showers across our region right now. as you make your way through the