{"id":1792743,"date":"2023-01-02T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1792743"},"modified":"2023-01-02T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:50:37","slug":"sending-our-best-incoming-house-dem-plans-on-couch-surfing-because-he-cant-get-apartment-due-to-poor-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sending-our-best-incoming-house-dem-plans-on-couch-surfing-because-he-cant-get-apartment-due-to-poor-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sending Our Best: Incoming House Dem Plans on Couch Surfing Because He Can\u2019t Get Apartment Due to Poor Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsending-our-best-incoming-house-dem-plans-on-couch-surfing-because-he-cant-get-apartment-due-to-poor-credit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1792743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/90-3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">R<\/span>Maxwell Frost, D-FL, ep.-elect, revealed that he would likely have to &#8220;couch surf&#8221; For his first few months in Washington D.C., after being sworn-in, he was denied an apartment because he had bad credit. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not cheap. I&#8217;m dealing with it right now \u2014 getting denied from apartments and trying to figure out where to live because I have bad credit,&#8221; He spoke to ABC&#8217;s <i>This Week<\/i> Sunday morning &#8220;Probably going to have to couch surf for a little bit.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/youngest-incoming-house-member-denied-apartment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REP.-ELECT MAXWELL FROST SAYS HE WAS DENIED APARTMENT IN PRICEY DC <\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The incoming congressman was open about his struggles as he tried to move to one nation&#8217;s most expensive housing market. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just applied to an apartment in DC where I told the guy that my credit was really bad,&#8221; Frost tweet earlier in the month. &#8220;He said I\u2019d be fine. Got denied, lost the apartment, and the application fee. This ain\u2019t meant for people who don\u2019t already have money.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lol. So out of touch that they don\u2019t understand how renting an apartment works. Let me explain.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t get my first paycheck till February and I don\u2019t have a lot of money. The first payment is for the apartment and deposit. Sometimes, it&#8217;s last. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/naD2fT7u7M\">https:\/\/t.co\/naD2fT7u7M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxwellFrostFL\/status\/1609586835696541696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a>\n             <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Frost was criticised by a Republican National Committee-aligned Twitter account. &#8220;couch surf&#8221; Plans wrote in a tweet Frost&#8217;s salary of $174,000 annually. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So out of touch that they don\u2019t understand how renting an apartment works,&#8221; The Florida Democrat replied. &#8220;I don\u2019t get my first paycheck till February and I don\u2019t have a lot of money. When you move into an apartment, you pay first, deposit, sometimes last, and for furniture.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find it interesting that the &#8216;pull yourself up by your bootstraps&#8217; people take issue with me staying with friends until I save up enough to get an apartment,&#8221; Frost <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxwellFrostFL\/status\/1609674882253717504\">tweeted<\/a> Later in the day. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I applied for an apartment in DC and told the man that my credit score was very poor. He said I\u2019d be fine. The application fee was returned and denied. <\/p>\n<p>This ain\u2019t meant for people who don\u2019t already have money.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxwellFrostFL\/status\/1600890367586406400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a>\n             <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Frost, a progressive gun-control activist who also worked part time as an Uber driver to help pay campaign costs during last election, will make history by becoming the first Gen Z representative elected to Congress. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m feeling the love especially from a lot of the Democrats and especially in the different caucuses I&#8217;m joining,&#8221; Frost told the network. <\/p>\n<p>Frost is not the first lawmaker to struggle with Washington\u2019s steep cost of living. Many legislators have lived in Capitol Hill offices, buying Murphy beds or futons. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The 2018 edition of the <i>New York Post<\/i> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/05\/01\/these-politicians-are-sleeping-in-their-dc-offices-to-save-money\/\">estimated<\/a> Around 100 members lived in Capitol Hill offices. This list included Paul Ryan, House Speaker (R\u2013WI), Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader (R\u2013CA), Dan Donovan and Gregory Meeks (D\u2013NY), Lee Zeldin and John Katko (R\u2013NY), as well as Brian Higgins (D\u2013NY). <\/p>\n<p>Where now-South Dakota Governor <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/12\/26\/458207661\/meet-the-lawmakers-who-sleep-shower-work-all-on-capitol-hill\">Kristi Noem<\/a> While in Congress, she slept in a pullout bed in her office. She also used the gym facilities to take a shower in the member&#8217;s bathroom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RMaxwell Frost, D-FL, ep.-elect, revealed that he would likely have to &#8220;couch surf&#8221; For his first few months in Washington D.C., after being sworn-in, he was denied an apartment because he had bad credit. &#8220;It&#8217;s not cheap. 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