CINCINNATI -- A leaking sewer line has been oozing raw sewage into a Price Hill neighborhood, and residents told Target 5 they’ve had enough. “That’s our swamp,” said Jessica Wells, pointing to a spot alongside her driveway where grass grows green and lush in moist soil, despite the drought that plagued the area this summer.

The grass is watered and fertilized by urine, feces and other waste flushed into drainage pipes by the house two doors down the street from her family’s home.

“What goes into a toilet is now in my front yard,” said Wells, a mother of four children.

Her next-door neighbor has five children, including a newborn baby, and they’re all concerned about the raw sewage flowing onto their property.

“Whatever she's eaten, you've seen it and human waste come out of the sidewalk, come out of the grass, come out of her driveway,” said neighbor Tonia Samuels.

According to the Metropolitan Sewer District, property owners Steve and Marcia Clayton declined to connect the house to the public sewer line, which the rest of their neighbors paid to do.

Now their private line has collapsed.

Steve Clayton, who rents the property to tenants, told Target 5 he would be upset if raw sewage flowed onto his home’s lawn in Amberly Village.

“Oh, I would be most upset, no doubt about it,” he said.

The home is classified as Section 8 housing, which the government subsidizes for low- and moderate-income families, and is supposed to meet certain standards.

“We have a sewage problem under this house, not only the line going down the hill, but the house has a sewage problem underneath,” Clayton said.

The Claytons own numerous rental properties in Hamilton County, and have been previously cited by the board of health for rat infestations, filth, failure to maintain waste pipes and sewer lines, and noncompliance with fire codes.

“Yes, I do have violations, (but) I think people in the county and city government will tell you that me and my company have always taken care of the problems,” Clayton said.

He vowed to clean up this latest problem, but neighbors said they’ve been patient long enough.

“This has been six months now that we've seen this,” Wells said.

The flow of sewage has caused a nearby sidewalk to tilt and a wall to buckle, and kept children from playing in their front yard.

“It’s not safe,” Wells said. “There’s diseases.”

After Target 5’s investigation, Clayton told the sewer district to hook his property up to the public sewer line.