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spent the morning cleaning up his mud caked sidewalk. in the 52 years you ve been here, how many times would you say it s flooded your basement? i can t count them. reporter: recently it s gotten much worse. this is the fourth time this year that his basement has flooded. a whole lot of water down there. reporter: it s the same story at every single home up and down this street. mayor gray has actually started a task force to try and tackle all of the flooding in this neighborhood. in fact, the task force held its first meeting last tuesday. so far no solutions. for now, businesses along this stretch of rhode island avenue are putting up sandbags. if it s just a first floor business, it seems to keep the water out. but residents say that nothing, not even sandbags will keep out water from those basement apartments. are you frustrated that city officials haven t done more? yes. it s very frustrating. this is a great neighborhood. it s up and coming but when you h