Florida Rep. Cory Mills blames broken payment system as eviction looms over unpaid rent for ultra-lux D.C. condo
Florida – Cory Mills, a Republican congressman from Florida, is about to be kicked out of his fancy Washington, D.C., condo because he allegedly owes more than $85,000 in rent. The politician, on the other hand, says the problem isn’t neglect; it’s a faulty payment system.
Last Monday, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia got court records that reveal Mills hasn’t paid rent on his luxurious apartment since March. The apartment, which costs more than $20,000 a month, is on the Potomac River and has high-end features including private elevator access, Italian cabinetry, and views of the city that go on forever. There have also been famous people who lived in the building, like President Joe Biden’s granddaughter.
Mills defended himself on social media when news reports about the situation came out. He shared images of emails he sent to his landlord in June and July, revealing that he had tried many times to access a rent payment portal that he says didn’t work.
“Here’s just the past two months where you can see I’m repeatedly asking for payment links and again as I tried with management today, it failed to process,” Mills wrote in a tweet directed at the reporter who first broke the story.
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Mills sent an error message he got while trying to make the payments along with the emails. This suggests that the problem is with the landlord’s system, not with him. The congressman was visibly upset with the coverage and branded the reporter a “biased hack.”
Even though there are screenshots, eviction papers say that Mills has been late on rent payments many times since he moved in last June. The building’s management claims communication didn’t begin only recently and that unpaid rent has accumulated over several months.
Mills’ office insists the congressman has remained in contact with the property manager and has made every effort to settle the outstanding balance. The congressman’s office told the Washington Examiner that Mills “has been in contact with his landlord from the beginning, attempting to resolve their payment link issue so he can pay his bill.”
In September, there will be a hearing in the eviction case. The main issue will probably be the missed payments and if a broken payment portal is to blame.
