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Published: 11/17/09

C Street House, Home To Some Scandal-Plagued Pols, No Longer Tax Exempt

By  Christopher Weber - Politics Daily
C Street House, Home To Some Scandal-Plagued Pols, No Longer Tax Exempt

The Washington, D.C., house where three members of congress retreated after their sex scandals went public has reportedly been partially stripped of its tax exempt status. The C Street Christian fellowship house had been classified as a church, a loophole that allowed the owners to avoid paying property taxes. As a result the owner, the Christian organization The Family, charged below market rent to its tenants, mostly GOP senators and representatives. The house made the news when three Republicans -- Nevada Sen. John Ensign, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and then-congressman Chip ...

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