Hyperwoke NYC congressional candidate who called for all rental properties to be seized by government is daughter of a LANDLORD

By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:27, 26 June 2026 | Updated: 14:31, 26 June 2026 A hyper-woke congressional candidate in New York City who called for the government to seize all properties from landlords is herself the daughter of a landlord, it has emerged.  Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, who won this week's Democratic primary for New York's 13th congressional district, campaigned on a far-left platform that would force some landlords to give up their rental properties.  But despite pushing plans to seize properties from those she deems 'slum landlords' and instating state-wide rent controls, Chevalier's own father, Frank Avila, is a landlord.  Her father rents out a condo in Miami, Florida for $1,750-a-month, according to the New York Post.  The home is situated in the working class Fontainebleau neighborhood, around 10 miles from downtown Miami, and Avila bought the property for $92,900 in 1998, the outlet said.  The two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom townhouse has been on the market since 2011, and Chevalier's father may be able to cash in as neighboring condos fetch an average of roughly $375,000 - four times what he paid for the property.  The Post further reported that Chevalier's father took out a $190,000 mortgage on the property in July 2025, borrowing huge sums against the market-rate of the home in a move that stands in contrast to his daughter's stances on housing.  In her successful campaign in the Democratic primary, Chevalier argued against this exact kind of market-driven housing, saying landlords 'screw over' renters in low-income communities.  Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, a socialist who won this week's Democratic primary for New York's 13th congressional district, has called for the government to seize all properties from landlords despite her own father being a landlord Avila Chevalier's father father rents out a condo in Miami, Florida for $1,750-a-month Chevalier, seen with her father Frank, has previously called for seizing all properties from landlords, and said she believes they 'screw over' low-income communities  Chevalier's courted controversy in her campaign as deleted social media posts resurfaced, which included calling for the suspension of all rent and mortgage payments.  She also called for the seizure of 'all properties from landlords.'  Chevalier did not immediately respond to a request for comment over whether she would apply this to her own father's rental property.  In a recent interview with the New York Times editorial board, Chevalier said she wanted to create 'pathways to homeownership', including 'investing in community land trusts and HDFCs' - meaning Housing Development Fund Corporation's.  However, community land trusts designed to cap equity gains for landlords do not apply to Chevalier's father's rental property in Florida.  And despite her father's property being in a working-class immigrant community where 84 percent of residents primarily speak Spanish, Chevalier hasn't held back her thoughts about landlords in low-income neighborhoods.  'When folks who can afford those buildings move in, that also has an impact on the market,' she told the Times board.  'The folks who don’t make quite as much, who are living in surrounding buildings… they are the ones that are getting screwed over.' Avila Chevalier (pictured being handcuffed by an NYPD officer during an anti-Israel protest in April 2026) courted controversy with a number of extreme takes in the past, including calling to abolish all police and prisons  Avila Chevalier also sparked outrage after she said she wipes her hands with the American flag and previously wrote that 'the pyromania associated with anarchism is very intriguing to me' Chevalier's remarks about housing to the Times editorial board were not the only comments that raised eyebrows, as she also faced backlash for refusing to answer whether she believes murderers should be imprisoned. In her controversial past social media posts, Chevalier said she believes in abolishing police and prisons entirely, and she once declared that she hopes to see 'no more police at all, ever' in society. She has also supported 'abolishing the border,' called for 'seizing all properties from landlords' and handing them to the government, and has been criticized for offensive views on interracial relationships. When pressed on her prison abolition views by the Times board, Chevalier offered a vague answer that avoided saying she believes murderers should be imprisoned.  Her non-answers led the interviewers to prod her to respond fully three times, with one moderator at one point interjecting: 'But, did we answer what happens to the murderer? Do you not incarcerate the murderer?' Avila Chevalier won her primary this week despite scrutiny during her campaign on a number of her past, now-deleted social media posts that included rants about interracial relationships. She wrote that black and Arab men who are with white women 'fetishize ugly colonizer women.' She also previously called for 'abolishing the border', and when pressed over that view, she responded: 'Yes literally abolish the border, all deportation is wrong.' Avila Chevalier also sparked backlash for joking about wiping her dirty hands on the American flag, and she has previously described the US as a 'disgrace.' The socialist, who is backed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has faced scrutiny for some extreme views, including wanting to abolish all prisons and police, get rid of the border, and seizing all properties from landlords and handing them to the government  Social media posts from 2019 shared by Chevalier resurfaced during the campaign, including one where she ranted about interracial relationships and called white women 'ugly colonizers'  During the 2024 election cycle, Avila Chevalier repeatedly called Joe Biden a 'rapist' and a 'war criminal', and also previously wrote that 'the pyromania associated with anarchism is very intriguing to me.' When questioned last week about her past social media posts, Avila Chevalier stormed out of an interview with El Vacilón de la Mañana host Excarlet Molina and refused to answer tough questions. The host said she was offended by Avila Chevalier previously framing the Dominican flag as 'violent,' but Avila Chevalier said that all she wanted to discuss were the 'issues' facing residents of New York 13. When the hosts began talking over her, Avila Chevalier responded: 'I am not going to sit here and be yelled at by various people,' before removing her headphones and walking right out of the studio. The exchange came hours before Avila Chevalier's big win in her district's Democratic primary, where she defeated incumbent Adriano Espaillat in what many considered a major upset. The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 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