Today on Stateside, we heard from two groups from different sides of Michigan about how they are responding to the lack of affordable housing. Could a church or an employer make a good landlord and keep housing costs down?
We then heard about the touchy issue of school searches as they crack down on teen vaping.
And we closed the program with a discussion about universal basic income. Did the pandemic unintentionally prove that cash relief works really well?
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GUESTS ON TODAY'S SHOW:
- Jamie Simmons, Michigan Radio's community engagement reporter
- Paula Gardner, business editor, Bridge Michigan
- Taylor Wizner, reporter, Interlochen Public Radio
- Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy and director of Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan