The first Gen Z member of Congress was denied a D.C. apartment due to bad credit

Rep.-Elect Maxwell Frost (D-FL) speaks at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event on Nov. 18, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost was excited.

He thought that for the first few months of living in DC, he’d be couch surfing to save money. But as luck would have it, he found an apartment in Washington, D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood with monthly rent he figured he could swing.

This week, he went to view the apartment and spent about an hour filling out the application and providing information for a credit check. He also submitted a $50 application fee.