. >> this is shaquana ryan. ten months ago she and her family applied for shelter. the city moved them into this apartment. >> so what's this? >> this is the budget letter. >> every month shaquana receives a budget letter from the city. >> is this how much money the city is paying your landlord? >> yeah. >> for this apartment? it's $2,700 $2737.50. that's a lot of money. >> yep. >> do you think this apartment is worth that much? >> nope, no way. >> shaquana's building has 115 open code violations. that's an average of five violations per unit. she says she has asked for repairs, but she's still waiting. >> the windows ain't fixed. the first hallway light don't come on. the socket in the kitchen is not even covered up. >> right now about a quarter of all homeless families with children each night are sleeping in these cluster night shelters essentially sleeping in apartments and we the taxpayers are paying a ridiculous amount of money for that. >> what would you do with that money, if the city gave you that much money? >> get a better apartment. if they paying $2,700