Representative Charles B. Rangel’s legal team is trying to determine whether he received a primary residence exemption on a house he owned in Washington while living in New York City.

Congressman Charles B. Rangel announced the news, but refused to discuss the scandal over his use of multiple rent-stabilized apartments in a nearby Harlem building.

The resolution accused Representative Charles B. Rangel of “dishonoring himself and bringing discredit to the House” by occupying four rent-stabilized apartments and using one as a campaign office.

Legal costs associated with removing tenants from the complex and a soft real estate market have contributed to Tishman Speyer’s losses.

Few rental buildings in the city have been as hospitable to public officials as the Rudin Management Company’s high rise at 215 East 68th Street.

Representative Charles B. Rangel’s landlord would have multiple grounds on which to try to force him out if it wanted to.

Representative Charles B. Rangel will move his campaign office from one of four rent-stabilized apartments he leases at Lenox Terrace in Upper Manhattan, a spokesman said.

Reactions to Charles B. Rangel’s affordable Harlem apartments ranged from denunciations of the congressman as a hoarder of scarce housing to accolades for a faithful native son.

Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York rents four units at a discounted rate in a building owned by a premier developer.

Representative Charles B. Rangel has four rent-stabilized apartments, including three adjacent apartments in a sprawling penthouse, courtesy of one of New York’s premier real estate developers.