Rep. Cory Mills Facing Eviction From DC Home

Rep. Cory Mills is struggling to learn autopay. Now the Republican congressman from Florida is facing potential eviction.

Bozzuto Management Company is looking to evict Mills from his luxury penthouse apartment at 1331 Maryland Avenue SW in Southwest Washington, the Washington Post reported. The landlord filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia last week.

Mills allegedly owes more than $85,000 in unpaid rent, according to the complaint. The monthly rent is $20,833, according to the complaint, and Bozzuto previously threatened legal action at the start of the year, too.

A rent payments ledger submitted by Bozzuto shows unpaid fines due to late rent totaling nearly $15,000 from August 2023 to this January. Mills allegedly was late on rent payments at least 18 times, or virtually every month in question.

“Congressman Cory Mills has been in contact with his landlord from the beginning, attempting to resolve the payment link issue so he can pay his bill,” his communication director told the Post.

The lawsuit was first revealed by local politics reporter Roger Sollenberger. On social media, Mills suggested to Sollenberger that he couldn’t pay his rent due to a technical issue with a processing platform. Mills shared screenshots of emails supposedly sent to the management company requesting an alternate link for payment.

But Mills did pay off back rent various times over his tenancy at the Bozzuto building, according to Sollenberger, indicating he had a way to work with his landlord. Additionally, many landlords will accept other payment methods besides a processing platform, such as a check.

Mills may be losing the benefit of the doubt on his finances. Last August, the Office of Congressional Conduct made a referral, saying there was “substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mills may have omitted or misrepresented required information in his financial disclosure statements.” Questions include benefits from federal government contracts and election campaign contributions.

In March, the House Ethics Committee revealed it was gathering information as it reviewed a probe into Mills.

A remote court hearing in the eviction case is scheduled for September.

— Holden Walter-Warner