Sometimes a Tweet Is All It Takes: An Interview With Casey Pennington

Featured in the Journal of Housing and Community Development

The February 25 Democratic debate in South Carolina marked the first time that a question directly referencing affordable housing was asked in recent election cycles. Graduate student Casey Pennington, who asked the question on Twitter, was “completely shocked, then amazed and then terrified,” but also “grateful this question was chosen.”

“Educational equity and affordable/sustainable housing are intimately linked,” she explained, “but too often policymakers respond to them separately. It’s a question that communities are actively grappling with, and the work needs attention – national attention.”

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