HOUSTON - Houston City engineers are warning nearly a hundred families who live in one of Houston's nicest neighborhoods that their homes are in imminent danger of collapse.  It’s happening at the Park Memorial Condominiums on Memorial Drive. 

Even though their homes could come crashing down around them, many of the residents living in the condominiums are begging to stay where they are. 

Dan Seluk is one of the condo owners and said this was the place where they had hoped to raise their son. 

"We were going to have his birthday party out at the pool this year, but that's not going work out is it?" said Seluk.

Seluk and his family are packing up and moving because of a notice the city slapped on the front door.

"It says here that the buildings are in worsening condition and may experience catastrophic failure at any time," said Andrea Seluk, Dan’s wife.

The stickers are all over the Park Memorial Condominiums, especially in the parking garage, which city engineers say is unsafe. Most of the units sit above the garage, so the city says if the garage collapses, the condos could go down with it.

"It's not a very good situation," said Dan Seluk.

Residents said they blamed the city for the situation. This is because even though the complex had dozens of expired and inactive permits, for years the city never sent an inspector until a resident requested one. And then suddenly, the violations appeared.

The problem began when residents voted to put the whole complex up for sale. An insurance company raised questions about safety and a property owner asked the city to send an inspector.

"There are many people around the city of Houston who may think their property is fine, but as soon as the city moves in, they may find out there's big problems," said Dan Seluk.

Seluk said the residents will have to continue paying maintenance fees even though they can’t live in their units. If they don't pay, a lien will be put on their home. He said it will be a struggle for many of them to pay rent on top of what they are already paying.  

To help them out, the residents are asking the city for more time -- hoping the buildings don't fall down before they can sell them to someone who will probably tear them down.