Two months after officials told Afia Adem that repairs would be done to improve her derelict public housing unit, the tenant says her family is still living in distressing conditions.

In June, CTV Toronto reported on Adem’s Moss Park townhouse, where a constant leak from an upstairs bathroom had caused extensive damage to her kitchen and appliances.

After a year of trying to get the city’s attention, TCHC CEO Eugene Jones paid Adem a visit.

Afterward, a visibly upset Jones immediately placed a call, asking for the family to be moved into a suitable dwelling as soon as possible and arranging for them to have working appliances in the meantime.

A day after Jones’ visit, a new stove arrived at the home, and some patchwork was done, but the source of the leaking water was never found -- or fixed.

During a tour Friday, Adem showed a CTV News crew a broken refrigerator where food spoils in a matter of hours. The ceiling above the dinner table is crumbling. In the kitchen, which was re-plastered, the light fixture now hangs from the ceiling, with live wiring exposed.

These days, her children eat their meals on the stairs.

Adem said she is still waiting for improvements, not Band-Aid solutions.

“Just fix it,” she said tearfully. “The house is full of water, full of mould. Even the electric is not safe for me or my kids.”

After slipping on water in her apartment months ago, Adem is also still dealing with injuries to her neck and back.

Adem was offered a new housing unit in the days after CTV’s tour, but it was too small to accommodate her family. A second offer was made while she was in hospital, but that offer expired before she was able to see the new unit.

For their part, Toronto Community Housing staff say they are still working to find a solution.

“Our priority is to move her to an alternative location rather than to fix the location she’s in right now because we think that’s the best way to meet her needs,” TCH spokesperson Sara Goldvine told CTV.

One of the difficulties in finding a new place is that the family requires a four-bedroom unit, which are scarcely available, TCH says.

With a report from CTV Toronto’s Scott Lightfoot