Minnie Williams says Michelle McCray kicked her out of the St. Regis

Minnie Williams says Michelle McCray, the manager of the St. Regis Apartments at 1400 East Linwood Avenue, kicked Williams out of her rent-assisted apartment in 2005. The 85-unit complex, which is overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is the subject of this week’s feature story. Williams called The Pitch when friends who still live in the building told her that a reporter had visited and was asking questions about McCray.

“I’m banned from the premises,” Williams says. “She [McCray] said she caught me on the porch smoking weed. I don’t do that. She had no right to evict me. I don’t know what’s wrong with her, but I ain’t done nothing to her. I paid my rent on time and I never caused any problems over there.”

Williams’ daughter Angela Williams graduated from Southwest High School with McCray in 1985. Angela thinks McCray used false pretenses to evict her mother.

“She accused my mom of a lot of things just to start arguing with her,” Angela says.