One longtime New York City Housing Authority resident has fond memories of living at the St. Mary’s Houses in Melrose as a child – but now those memories are being replaced with his current struggles.

Fausto Pinto says that his tile floors are falling apart, and that it’s already caused his 77-year-old grandmother who deals with dementia to trip and fall.

“It's just a hazard. We are always thinking, God forbid, what if she falls and cracks her head open,” said Pinto. “How would they like it if their grandparents lived in a house where they could fall and hurt themselves really bad?”

According to Pinto, NYCHA has told him and his grandmother that they’ll need to wait for a vendor to replace the tiles.

Pinto tells News 12 all he wants is a safe place for his family before something worse happens.

NYCHA tells News 12 that they sent a team on Tuesday afternoon to follow up on the repairs.