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DSA Co-Chair Pushes Rent Freeze Over Landlord Returns

8/20/2026

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DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo lives in a Brooklyn townhouse valued at $1.4 million that his parents bought.
His parents’ LLC, Chucuito LLC, bought the Bed-Stuy house in April 2019 for $935,000.
Gordillo, a union electrician with a Yale bachelor’s degree, told Fox News he urges a rent freeze because landlords lack a constitutional right to double-digit returns.
Councilwoman Joann Ariola wrote on X that a $1.4 million townhouse doesn’t say working class.

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DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo lives in a Brooklyn townhouse valued at $1.4 million that his parents bought.
His parents’ LLC, Chucuito LLC, bought the Bed-Stuy house in April 2019 for $935,000.
Gordillo, a union electrician with a Yale bachelor’s degree, told Fox News he urges a rent freeze because landlords lack a constitutional right to double-digit returns.
Councilwoman Joann Ariola wrote on X that a $1.4 million townhouse doesn’t say working class.