. >> reporter: for months lekesha briggs lived in fear. after police responded to a call to her home after her boyfriend became violent, she warned her two more calls there would be trouble. >> nobody ever called again from our house. that with was it. what else do you want to draw? >> instead of protection, the mother of two working double shifts making ends meet faced eviction from her home. because of a public nuisance ordinance in norris town. if tenants called 911 three times, making the home a three-strike property. landlords in turn threatened tenants who called for help with eviction. forcing residents like lakesha to a threatening dilemma. >> i can't have anybody call y'all, i can't have anybody physically remove him. it's going to be as silent as possible because i don't want the cops to come because if they do i get put out my house. >> lakesha's boyfriend would commit his most violent act yet. >> how dangerous did it get? how bad did it get for you? >> it got real bad. got my lip bit off. hit in my head with an ash tray and the