Michigan Rep Rashida Tlaib and Massachusetts Rep Ayanna Pressley each raked in thousands of dollars of rental income in 2020 despite having publicly advocated to cancel rent nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic 'squad' members' rental incomes were revealed in 2020 financial disclosures filed Friday.
Tlaib disclosed between $15,001 and $50,000 from a Detroit property, while Pressley earned between $5,000 and $15,000 from a Boston property in her husband's name.
The value of Tlaib's property is estimated to be between $100,001 and $250,000, while Pressley's property was converted into a multi-family apartment after it was purchased.
Michigan Rep Rashida Tlaib (left) and Massachusetts Rep Ayanna Pressley (right) each raked in thousands of dollars of rental income in 2020 despite having publicly advocated to cancel rent nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic
In April 2020, both Tlaib and Pressley joined fellow 'Squad' Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D -New York) to co-sponsor Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar's bill to 'institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.'
If passed, the bill would have canceled rent and mortgage payments nationwide.
'Let me be clear as someone who has been praying through this all & as someone who attended the National Prayer Breakfast. My retweet was not to be an attack on prayer. It was to bring attention to the need for meaningful action to combat this public health crisis, Tlaib wrote in a tweet shared last March.
Additionally during a press conference, Pressley said 'With the economic impact of the pandemic worsening and the threat of eviction and homelessness looming large for families nationwide, we must take every measure possible to keep families safely housed, forgive all rental debt, and ensure that the credit scores of hard hit families are not forever tarnished.'
In April 2020, both Tlaib and Pressley joined fellow 'Squad' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-N.Y.), to co-sponsor Rep. Ilhan Omar's, (pictured) , bill to 'institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.'
According to the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act, the bill would establish a relief fund for landlords and lenders 'to cover losses from the cancelled payments, so long as they agree to abide by a set of fair renting and lending practices for five years.'
Additionally, the bill would have also created an optional buyout fund to completely 'finance the purchase of private rental properties by non-profits, public housing authorities, cooperatives, community land trusts, and states or local governments.'
Both Pressley and Tlaib continue to remain a vocal advocate for extending the eviction moratorium, which the Biden administration extended earlier this month.
The extension, which came in a new Centers for Disease Control targeted moratorium issued on August 3, came after intense pressure from congressional Democrats, including a sit-in on the Capitol steps by Rep Cori Bush (D - Missouri).
Biden warned that the latest effort, which extends the moratorium until October 3, 'is likely to face obstacles.'
He also revealed that he consulted constitutional scholars – most of whom gave him the bad legal news.
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