Rep.-elect Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.), who would be the first Gen Z member of Congress, mentioned Thursday that his software to lease a Washington, D.C., residence was rejected because of his spotty credit rating.
“Simply utilized to an residence in DC the place I informed the man that my credit score was actually dangerous. He mentioned I’d be tremendous. Obtained denied, misplaced the residence, and the applying price,” Frost tweeted, referencing his work for Uber to make ends meet. “For these asking, I've spotty credit trigger I ran up loads of debt operating for Congress for a yr and a half. Didn’t make sufficient cash from Uber itself to pay for my dwelling.”
Frost informed The Washington Publish the constructing the place his software was denied was within the Navy Yard neighborhood, positioned simply over a mile from the U.S. Capitol the place he’ll quickly work.
The median lease for a 1-bedroom residence in Washington, D.C., is $2,321, in line with Zillow.com.
In an October interview with HuffPost, the younger Democrat opened up concerning the monetary struggles he confronted as a candidate, together with how he ran out of cash early in his marketing campaign and resorted to driving for Uber to pay his payments.
“As a teenager who simply doesn’t have some huge cash, I’ve been dwelling actually paycheck to paycheck this complete yr and at occasions didn’t have cash to feed myself,” he mentioned.
Frost mentioned there must be extra poor and working-class candidates in politics to realize a greater democracy.
The soon-to-be lawmaker’s battle to discover a residence within the nation’s capital shouldn't be a brand new one. In 2018, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who labored as a bartender earlier than her profitable marketing campaign for Congress, mentioned she had no money move to cowl the interval between her election and swearing-in.
“I can’t actually take a wage,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned in an interview with The New York Instances. “I've three months with no wage earlier than I’m a member of Congress. So, how do I get an residence? These issues are very actual.”
She later famous that it was considered one of some ways the U.S. electoral system wasn’t designed for working-class leaders.
Frost informed the Publish he had spoken with Ocasio-Cortez concerning the housing challenges they confronted that a lot of their colleagues haven’t.
“Plenty of the members who come into the Congress don’t have these points once they transfer, as a result of they have already got cash,” Frost informed The Washington Publish.
Frost additionally hit out on Twitter at conservatives who have been criticizing his dilemma, noting that former President Donald Trump has his personal debt points on a a lot bigger scale. Ocasio-Cortez equally attracted right-wing derision in 2018 when she spoke about her battle to afford lease in D.C.
Previous to his marketing campaign, Frost, a survivor of gun violence, labored as an activist and organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union and March for Our Lives. He ran on ending gun violence, defending U.S. democracy and combating the local weather disaster, defeating Republican Calvin Wimbish and independents Jason Holic and Usha Jain to assert the seat vacated by Rep. Val Demings (D).
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