John,
I'm Maxwell Frost, Representative for Florida's 10th Congressional district and one of Rep. Pramila Jayapal's newest coworkers in Congress.
I asked Rep. Jayapal if I can share my story with her grassroots supporters since she has always been a champion for working class families, and I plan to be that champion alongside her.
Now get this — I applied to rent an apartment in DC where I admitted upfront that my credit was really bad. He said I'd be fine. But I just got denied, lost the apartment — and my application fee.
Even I, as a member of Congress, am getting rejected by apartments because of the financial system designed to hold working people back.
Our housing system is broken. Working-class people are facing skyrocketing rent, gentrification, and de facto segregation. And it's become crystal clear that we can't rely on the same old institutions to fix the same old problems.
We NEED and DESERVE young, working, everyday people in Congress who know firsthand the struggles of the working-class, including the increasingly dire housing crisis. And we NEED leaders in Congress who will do the work to fix this broken system — leaders like Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who is firm in the belief that housing IS a human right.
John, our political system makes it very difficult for people like myself to run for office.
The whole reason I have bad credit is because I ran up a lot of debt running for Congress for a year and a half. For that primary, I quit my full-time job because I knew that to win at 25 years old, I'd need to be a full-time candidate: 7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day.
As a candidate, you can't give yourself a paycheck until the very end of your campaign. For most of the run, you have no money coming in unless you work a second job. For me, I drove for Uber at night, but that still wasn't enough to pay for my living expenses.
These financial inequalities are why over 50% of people serving in Congress are millionaires. It's no wonder that Congress hasn't passed policies to help working families when politicians are so disconnected from the average American.
Thank you,
Rep. Maxwell Frost
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