LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Power has been restored to the Dosker Manor housing complex on Friday, after it went out Thursday afternoon. 

A news release Friday morning from the Louisville Metro Housing Authority LMHA said maintenance crews responded to Building C at the complex after the power went out around 4 p.m. Thursday.

About 160 people, including Mark Bramel, call Building C home. 

"It was hot," Bramel said. "I had to open my windows and get some air going in there."

Marcella Gibson said the lack of air flow woke her up. 

"I was laying down, sleeping, and I woke up and there wasn't no air flowing," Gibson said. "And I was just like 'what the heck is going on?'"

Gibson said she was told a transformer on the fifth floor had blown after "water had dripped down onto the maintenance tank and the generator had busted and all of the power went out."

LMAH officials confirmed that the water leak caused the power failure. 

Gibson said everyone came together after the power went out, "but it was miserable without no power."

Meanwhile, residents of the complex weren't the only people who suffered through Thursday and most of Friday: maintenance staff worked through the night, and made sure residents were provided with food, water and medicine, if needed. 

The head of the housing authority shared some of her frustrations about the conditions at Dosker manor.

Louisville Housing Director Elizabeth Strojan, who has been in her position for less than a year, said she shares the frustration felt by Dosker Manor residents.  

"This property is extremely difficult to manage," Strojan said. "It feels like it is always something at Dosker Manor. That’s not good for the residents, it’s not good for the staff, it’s not good for the city of Louisville. The amount of response for emergency service that we see at Dosker manor is extremely high."

As crews worked to restore power on Friday, LMHA officials and property management brought in groceries and other supplies to give to residents, and an emergency generator was used to power the elevator so residents could come and go. The Louisville Fire Department also sent its newest recruiting class to assist with the efforts. 

Although power has been restored, only one elevator was working in Building C late Friday afternoon. 

Thursday's power failure happened just weeks after the city approved a plan to relocate residents and tear the building down, following years of complaints of neglect and filth. 

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