Janelle Brown recalled Saturday how she rushed last fall to make the deadline to apply for free home repairs.
“I was praying (I’d make it) because I didn’t have the money,” the Robbins woman said. Brown’s home hadn’t had any major renovation or repair work done since she moved in in the late 1950s. She saw an opportunity to change that when Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago selected Robbins as the community on which it would focus its residential repair work this year…Please click here to read Frank Vaisvilas’ story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.