How can people live in a house with multiple electrical violations, knowing that this could happen to them?

Williams-Electric-Teamhttp://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/fatal_syracuse_fire_draws_atte.html  Two more dead due to electrical action items not repaired.

How can people live in a house with multiple electrical violations, knowing that this could happen to them?

house fire in new york due to electrical violations.

house fire in new york due to electrical violations.