DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Betty Wright is almost two years behind on her rent. She's been living in McDougald Terrace for 17 years.

"I got a written statement yesterday saying I owe a thousand a-something dollars," she said.

Her next-door neighbor, Corinthia Rainey, is two months behind on her rent. Both women are unemployed. Rainey held her 6-month-old daughter and told ABC11 that she can't work because she has to watch her children, and daycare would be too expensive if she did.

"I'm trying to be productive in society and raise these kids," she said.

Rainey is also concerned about the living conditions her four children are exposed to every day. It's now been fixed, but her ceiling caved in a few years ago. She has other concerns about the conditions at the property, including seeing

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