![Nine families forced to leave their Santa Rosa apartment building after health and safety inspectors discovered dangerously high levels of mold throughout the complex.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_list_thumbnail_large/public/title_images/cc0116_Rental_Exterior%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=zPdU91tz)
According to dozens of interviews with housing rights lawyers, code enforcement officials and building inspectors, substandard housing conditions are rampant in Sonoma County's poorest neighborhoods. And landlords face little consequences for letting their properties fall into disrepair.