Another Multi-Unit Building In F'closure, More Tenants Living In Misery; Cold Blast Bursts Frozen Pipes; Leaves Renters Flooded, Without Running Water

In San Antonio, Texas, KENS-TV Channel 5 reports:

• One day without water was okay. But 7 days? Foreclosures in California have had a direct effect on a west side man: drying-up his water supply. Juan Gamez says his California landlord is in foreclosure. So, the much-needed plumbing repairs are not being made. As a result, the renter and families in three other units are stuck with no water.

• Last week's hard freeze busted a pipe in the condo, leaving four families with flooded floors and wet furniture. The water was turned off by emergency crews. The landlord isn't talking with his renters, but he has been cashing their rent checks. "You need water to cook. We’ve been eating baloney sandwiches,” said Juan Gamez. The landlord didn’t answer KENS-5’s calls, either. The families say they'll start withholding their checks, since they don't know whom to pay.

Source: West-side residents parched: 7 days and counting, no water.