Rep Brenda Lawrence is being evicted from her Washington apartment for not paying her rent.
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The Daily Caller was able to confirm the summons using an online court records. They show she was first served on July 13th and she has been ordered to appear in court on August 8th at which time she can fight the eviction. This is not the first time that Lawrence has been in this position. The bank started foreclosure proceedings on her house that she owned jointly with her daughter, when they fell $75,000 behind on their mortgage.
In 2008, while serving as mayor of Southfield, Mich., Lawrence complained that foreclosed homes were a “cancer” for the community. On the other hand, in 2010, Lawrence bashed the banking industry for allegedly “redlining” certain communities by refusing to give them mortgage loans.
TheDCNF contacted both Lawrence’s congressional office and Jersey Ave. Acquisition’s attorney regarding the eviction suit, but did not receive a reply from either.
If Lawrence has fallen behind in her rent payments, it wouldn’t be exceptional. Lawrence is a retired postal employee, while her husband is a retired autoworker. Congressmen and women are paid $174,000 per year, and several members have complained about the expense of maintaining a household both in D.C. and in their home state.