Already in the fight of his life against stage four cancer, William Sanchez says now he's facing an uphill battle on a second front by trying to stop NYCHA from evicting him from his Brownsville apartment.

"I'm hoping for them to, you know, give it up already you know. Let me just stay here and pay my rent,” said William Sanchez, a NYCHA tenant.

Sanchez says he moved into his mother's apartment at the Woodson Houses back in 2015 to help care for her as she faced her own cancer battle. The 64 year old says both he and his mom filled out paperwork to add him to the lease. But then a year later, she passed away.

“Right after my mother died they came the very next day asking me for the keys, I told them I haven't even buried my mother yet and you guys asking me for keys when I'm supposed to be on the lease," said Sanchez.

He’s facing eviction while being diagnosed with liver cancer that has since spread to his throat.

"It gets to a point sometimes where I don't even want to live anymore,” Sanchez admitted.

Sanchez's attorney, Michael Klinger explains how his client wound up here.

"Unfortunately their applications to add him were never successful, for one reason or another, NYCHA wasn't able to approved the application," said Michael Klinger of The Legal Aid Society.

Sanchez has lost several appeals in court and has few legal options left, but got a temporary stay of eviction that expired this week. Klinger says if he has to pack up and move now, it would be detrimental to his health, since his closest relatives are in Connecticut, far from his doctors.

“He would not be able to continue seeking the treatment that he's getting now in Manhattan, for the next three months his physicians in Manhattan estimate that he should remain under their observation," said Klinger.

A NYCHA spokesperson says the agency has taken steps to cooperate with Sanchez and the court saying in a statement, “Upon learning that Mr. Sanchez was planning to move in with family, the court granted additional time in the hope that this would resolve the issue and be to his benefit. These are unfortunate circumstances and we will respect the wishes of the court and weigh every consideration as we have throughout this process.” Sanchez just hopes his war with housing comes to an end."

"I just want to be left alone. Let me just pay my rent and go on with my life," said Sanchez.

Sanchez's case is due back in housing court on the 21^st, that's when his attorneys plan to argue for a longer stay to keep him in the apartment longer.