Fix Ross's Roof

Ross Dickson will lose his house if he doesn't fix his roof this fall.
He can't afford the materials but his co-workers at Sobeys have offered to do the labor if he can get the money.
He lives alone in an old house in Eureka, Pictou County, with his dog.
He's a good fellow who has worked all his life but fell behind financially and now he faces losing his house, which is the only thing he owns really, a few years before he's eligible to retire.
He applied to the Nova Scotia Superintendent of Pensions to access some of his pension funds to fix his roof and then work a few more years to make up the difference. He was denied because his pension is of the 'locked in' variety.
You can find stories written on Ross's situation with his house and pension in the Chronicle Herald here:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1285552-pictou-co.-man-fears-locked-pension-could-leave-him-on-the-street

and an earlier one here:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1255638-pension-access-pictou-county-man-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place

Full disclosure - I am the reporter who wrote those stories. My name is Aaron Beswick and I cover northern Nova Scotia for the Chronicle Herald.
Ross is a good fellow, he's worked all his life and it will cost society more than $3,000 if he ends up a senior citizen without his own home.
Ross's MLA Tim Houston has been attempting to assist the man by making applications on his behalf to the Superintendent of Pensions, but that hasn't worked out.

The estimate for the materials to do Ross's roof is $3,000. While it's a small house, there appears to be water damage and much of the planking underneath the shingles would have to be replaced.

Tim Houston will review all the receipts for materials.