Build it forward

May 19, 2012 | Oe Masterson remembers his mother, Mabel, helping the homeless when he grew up in Roxbury, and in her memory the 75-year-old Dorchester contractor is going above and beyond to get homeless elders into new housing. Masterson, owner of Com-Ton Contracting, has been working for years as a contractor for Hearth Inc. s taken on a more personal role, helping to raise funds to outfit 59 apartments for homeless elders in a new complex near Franklin Park in Dorchester. My mother came from the Depression era and we grew up in a poor neighborhood in Roxbury near St. Patrick&rsquo. Even though we were poor too, she instilled in me the need to help people who were down on their luck. There was a group of homeless people in the area, and she would always give them sandwiches and milk. said Masterson, whose mom lived in the neighborhood from 1942 until her death about a decade ago. , a local nonprofit dedicated to finding permanent housing for elders over 62. But now he&rsquo. Read more »

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