Over 200 million annual salary, but turned down a Washington DC apartment due to bad credit score
America’s first Generation Z (born late 1990s-early 2010s), a member of the United States House of Representatives, can’t find an apartment near Congress due to his low credit and is forced to live with others for the time being.
Democratic Congressman-elect Maxwell Alejandro Frost said in an interview with ABC News on 1st (local time) that he has not yet bought a home to live in Washington, DC.
“(The rent) is expensive,” Frost said. “I haven’t found one yet.
I applied for several apartments but got rejected due to bad credit and am thinking about where to live.
Maybe for now I’ll just have to take care of someone’s house.”
The electoral college members they represent are away from Washington DC where Congress is located, they usually set up a home in Washington DC for smooth legislative activities.
Frost, who was elected to Florida’s 10th district in the midterm elections held last November, has also considered renting an apartment in Washington, DC, but his low credit score has become an issue.
On the 8th of last month, he posted a case on Twitter that he applied for an apartment, believing the broker’s words that he was fine even though his credit was bad, but was rejected after paying only a fee of 50 dollars.
Many people have paid attention to the reality that it is difficult to find a home even for a member of the House of Representatives who earns US$174,000 (about 220 million won) a year and has a clear identity.
He made a living driving Ubers during the election campaign, but credit card debt is known to have racked up because it wasn’t enough.
After the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in which 20 children and six teachers were killed, Frost has spent the last decade campaigning for stronger gun control before entering politics.
In May of last year, shortly after the shooting at Euvaldi Elementary School in Texas, he was hauled away by security guards after he shouted for more gun control at an event hosted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
At the time, Governor Disantis told Frost, “Nobody wants to hear from you” and a video of this scene was widely circulated and was used in the campaign.
/yunhap news
