Widow’s West Side home gets needed repairs: ‘This is a godsend’

Rosetta Scott, 78, in her home on the 1400 block of North Mayfield Avenue in North Austin, where a nonprofit repaired the roof, basement and installed a railing on her front steps. (Michael Loria/Sun-Times)

Rosetta Scott, 78, sitting deep in the brown leather armchair in her living room, pointed to the furniture she wanted out of her West Side home.

“The couch, the loveseat, all of that,” she said.