Austin complex goes five weeks without heat, hot water, working stoves

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jajuan Curtis sat on the steps in the courtyard of his apartment on the northside of Austin Thursday afternoon, relieved he was finally able to take a hot shower in his apartment and turn on the heat.
Curtis and his neighbors have gone without hot water, heat – and for some a working stove — for nearly five weeks.
Weeks before Thanksgiving, the Texas Gas Service cut off the gas to his apartment, Midtown Flats after a gas leak was discovered in the pipes of the b