OTTO Engineering facilities manager Jerry Skowronski, left, and Tom Roeser, owner of Homes by OTTO, in one of the homes that the companies are working to rehab for resale in the Carpentersville area.

Brian Hill | Staff Photographer

Tom Roeser started Homes by OTTO, and the effort has helped him secure affordable housing for his OTTO Engineering workforce.

Brian Hill | Staff Photographer

Facilities manager Jerry Skowronski, left, and Tom Roeser of Homes by OTTO are successfully rehabbing a neighborhood in Carpentersville.

Brian Hill | Staff Photographer

Homes by OTTO finds run down vacant homes to invest as it rebuilds the Meadowdale neighborhood.

Courtesy of Homes by OTTO

Many of the vacant homes in Meadowdale that were purchased and refurbished had been vandalized.

Courtesy of Homes by OTTO