{"id":658792,"date":"2021-08-18T17:38:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658792"},"modified":"2021-08-18T17:38:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:38:29","slug":"top-house-democrat-who-fought-to-cancel-rent-made-hundreds-of-thousands-on-rental-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-house-democrat-who-fought-to-cancel-rent-made-hundreds-of-thousands-on-rental-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"Top House Democrat Who Fought To \u2018Cancel Rent\u2019 Made Hundreds Of Thousands On Rental Properties"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ftop-house-democrat-who-fought-to-cancel-rent-made-hundreds-of-thousands-on-rental-properties%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=658792&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1329763238-scaled-e1629318410935.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney staunchly advocated for a rent cancelation bill throughout 2020, but fell silent a year later when the bill came back up after her recent financial disclosure showed her potentially earning over $1.1 million in rent income.<\/p>\n<p>Maloney, the chair of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, was one of 30 co-sponsors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/6515?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Rent+and+Mortgage+Cancellation+Act%22%5D%7D&amp;r=8&amp;s=1\">Rent and Mortgage Cancelation Act<\/a>, a bill that would have suspended such payments throughout the federal emergency declaration brought by the coronavirus pandemic. She persistently <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolynBMaloney\/status\/1298242472183619584\">called on Congress<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolynBMaloney\/status\/1311691521318678528\">pass the bill<\/a> in the final months before the 2020 elections, though it had little chance of ever becoming law. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/justice-kavanaugh-supreme-court-realtors-eviction-moratorium-cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Supreme Court Sides With Landlords On Eviction Moratorium Case)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.8235294117647\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We must also pass the Rent &amp; Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020, to ensure millions are not evicted or foreclosed upon after this crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CancelRent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CancelRent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolynBMaloney\/status\/1281663130318393345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2020<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2021, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/21\/carolyn-maloney-henry-rodgers-tweet-mask-nazi-informant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maloney<\/a> neither sponsored nor advocated for the bill\u2019s passage when it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1847\/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Rent+and+Mortgage+Cancellation+Act%22%5D%7D&amp;r=1&amp;s=2\">reintroduced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2020\/10041693.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">financial disclosure<\/a>, filed Thursday, showed that she earned between $171,005 and $1,167,500 from six rental assets over the last year. The collective value of Maloney\u2019s properties fell between $3,065,006 and $12,150,000, according to the disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Maloney\u2019s office didn\u2019t respond to multiple requests for comment on whether her rental earnings contributed to her change in support for the bill. She represents New York City\u2019s Upper East Side and has served in Congress since 1992. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/federal-judge-joe-biden-administration-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-eviction-moratorium-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Federal Judge Upholds Biden\u2019s Eviction Moratorium Despite Having Doubts About Its Legality)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maloney is not the only lawmaker who has profited from rental properties while calling for rental payments to be suspended; Democratic Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rashida-tlaib-thousands-dollars-income-cancel-rent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a> of Michigan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ayanna-pressley-cancel-rent-thousands-dollars-income\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayanna Pressley<\/a> of Massachusetts collectively made as much as $65,000 from rentals last year, according to their financial disclosures that were first reported by Fox News. Unlike Maloney, however, Tlaib and Pressley still co-sponsored the bill when it was reintroduced.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Democratic Rep. 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