CHICAGO — LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now — one that may force her to leave the home her family has owned for generations.
She can’t afford to pay off the mortgage on the West Side home all at once. But she shouldn’t have to. Twelve years ago, her grandmother, Louise Minter, was tricked into a reverse mortgage scheme on the premise of home repairs. But the repairs never came, and the equity in the home is now gone, after she fell prey to now convicted scammer Mark Diamond.
Eight months after her grandmother’s passing, Minter Williams must now either pay the loan off or move out of the Austin home where she has lived since she was 2 years old. She doesn’t know where…
