Warnock buys $1.1M DC home as allegations of church-sanctioned evictions resurface
Barnini Chakraborty
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Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), who has been accused of being a greedy slumlord who looked the other way when his church evicted low-income tenants from apartments it owns, has bought a $1.1 million home for himself in a swanky Washington, D.C., neighborhood.
His 1,700-square-foot townhouse has four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, and a newly updated gourmet kitchen with a wine fridge and outdoor seating. Warnock, the senior pastor at the famed Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, closed the sale on Jan. 4, according to Realtor.com, which reported the news.
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He also owns a 3,000-square-foot home in Atlanta worth more than $745,000.
While Warnock’s Washington dig, which is less than 2 miles away from the U.S. Capitol, is on the modest side compared to others in the area, it does draw attention to the scandal that was brought up repeatedly during the general election and his runoff race against GOP challenger Herschel Walker.
A super PAC affiliated with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released an attack ad that took aim at Warnock and his church for kicking out residents for as little as $30 in back rent.
Ebenezer Baptist Church is 99% owner of the Columbia Tower at MLK Village, which has been described as a place for the “chronically homeless” and those trying to cope with mental disabilities. As residents were being evicted, Warnock was given a generous $7,500 monthly housing allowance.
Warnock pushed back on the allegations and likened criticism to an “attack on the church of Jesus Christ” and said people were motivated by the “rulers of the darkness of this world.”
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Calls to Ebenezer and Warnock for comment were not returned.