THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Sue Popkin

“You don’t always win, and you have to keep coming back. A lot of what you do is not going to be glamorous.”

Policy researcher and author. Nationally recognized authority on public and assisted housing. Disability justice advocate. Chicago NOW. Institute Fellow, Urban Institute.

Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Historian, July 2021

Photo 1. Sue at her graduation from Northwestern, 1982. Photo 2. Campaigning for Hillary. Photo 3. Testifying before the House Financial Services committee, February 2020. Photo 4. Sue and Norm. Photo 5. Celebrating Mother’s Day, 2021.