MGP’s “rathole” apartment cost us how much?
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is complaining about her “rathole” apartment in D.C.
What she failed to mention is that she’s taken nearly $55,000 in taxpayer funds—on top of her $174,000 salary—to cover rent for that “rathole” apartment.
Read more below.
By Jessica Costescu
Washington Free Beacon
February 23, 2026
“Gluesenkamp Perez went to unusual lengths to avoid paying rent during college, a former roommate, Isaac Eger, said on a Jan. 29 episode of his podcast, COEXIST Inc. Eger, a left-wing writer who donated to Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign and described Glusenkamp Perez as someone he “once cared about” who turned “into something you can’t understand,” said she initially slept on a couch before she relocated to an attic crawl space above their garage.
Eger referred to Glusenkamp Perez as a “Portland dumpster diver” who would “literally never pay rent.” She’d try to barter “rotten fruit and meat and whatever else she would find” in place of cash and “outright refuse[d] to pay for things,” like bills.
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That wasn’t the last time Gluesenkamp Perez got help with housing. Since 2023, she’s taken advantage of a handout for members of Congress, accepting nearly $55,000 in taxpayer funds—on top of her $174,000 salary—to cover rent for what she calls her Washington, D.C., “rathole apartment.”
She’s also gotten help from her family on her campaigns. Her mother contributed $2,000 in 2022, while Dean’s parents and brother collectively gave more than $3,600.”
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