world. a colonia is a cluster of homes carved out of the most undesirable property along the southern u.s. border. in texas, it's estimated some 400,000 people live like 14-year-old anabelle. >> who do you live here with? >> my mom and little sister. >> reporter: the three of you live here? >> yeah. we had one bed. i sleep on the floor. >> reporter: you slept on the floor? >> yeah. >> reporter: she and her family are moving into a new house for $200 a month. it's not much better. this is the house they're moving into. it's 264 square feet. there's going to be five people living here, three brothers and sisters, two small children and they're still working on the house as we speak. they have been painting and this is the area of most concern, a big hole in the ceiling and it's been leaking water since we've been here. follow me inside here and you can see this is what passes as a bathroom in colonias and the owners aren't even sure that the sewage system here even works. the roads aren't paved, there's no air conditioning or heat and