Call him Mayor Fix-It.

Mayor Rob Ford went door-to-door through 101 Mount Dennis Thursday asking each resident what’s wrong with their Toronto Community Housing unit and how he could help.

“It’s absolutely disgusting what I saw... holes in the wall, safety hazards, some people are living in inhumane conditions and there is no reason for it,” Ford told the Sun after the site visit.

Ford visits at least one TCHC building a week to see the problems.

Armed with a stack of his business cards and campaign magnets and with Councillor Frances Nunziata, a cadre of staff from his office and TCHC staff in tow, Ford started on the top floor Thursday and went to each of the building’s 14 floors knocking on doors and talking to residents.

He promises each tenant that points out issues, if it isn’t fixed, to call him. Bed bugs, mould, holes in their ceilings, crime - residents complained about it all.

Staring at large holes in senior Luce Alvarez’s ceiling, Ford shakes his head.

“Holy, there’s three of them. C’mon,” Ford said.

Alvarez complains the holes make her apartment cold. A friend of hers in the building says the holes have been there for years.

Ford has a staffer take pictures of the holes and assures the woman it will get fixed.

Ann Colburn, 66, told Ford she had no problems with her unit but thanked him for coming.

“First time we’ve ever had somebody like that come,” Colburn said as Ford barrelled down to the next floor. “It’s good. He’s showing he cares.”

Patricia, who wouldn’t give her last name, talked to Ford about the bed bug issues she’s had and he walked through her apartment to take a look for himself.

“That was very nice of him, coming to check up and see how it is,” she said.

Beyond the bed bugs, Patricia said the building has problems with drug dealers selling drugs in the hallways.

Most residents said they had no problems with their unit. Ford pressed each one, asking about their appliances and the general state of the building.

He doesn’t pull punches with TCHC staff as he tours.

“These holes are driving me nuts guys,” Ford said as he walks through the corridor and sees another hole cut in the wall for some sort of pipe repair.

In one apartment, where the tenant complains about bed bugs Ford gets frustrated with missing cupboard doors and a faucet with no handle.

“Guys, how hard is it to put a handle on a faucet? Seriously?” he said to TCHC bureaucrats. “This pisses me off honestly, this is the height of laziness.”

He tells the tenant to call him if it isn’t fixed.

“I want you to call me in a week, one week, and let me know if this isn’t fixed,” Ford said. “OK, we’re going to get someone in here.”

Nunziata asked if the man complained to TCHC staff about the issues in his unit.

“I tried once and I gave up,” the man said.

“No, no, no, you don’t give up, you’ve got my card and I want you to use it,” Ford said.

Ford said each visit makes the case to him why the city needs to approve the sale of 675 TCHC houses to help fix up larger buildings, like Mount Dennis.

“No sense in building more affordable housing when you can’t take care of your existing stock,” he said. “How can you build more if you can’t fix holes in the wall?”

Asked how he feels as mayor visiting buildings the city owns through TCHC but doesn’t maintain, Ford shrugs.

“It is Toronto Community Housing’s fault at the end of the day and then they turn around and say there is no money. OK, well we’re going to try to solve the money issue by selling some of these empty homes and then there won’t be any excuses,” he said.