This week on The Exchange we take a look at the issues behind the increasing cost of housing in America.
The lack of affordable housing, high interest rates and gentrification are just some of the factors affecting our access to home ownership.
We talk with a Davenport native, Brendan O’Brien, who’s new book, Homesick, takes an in-depth look at the housing crisis in America and lays out some strategies to create access to affordable housing.
We talk with Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss about the effects of high interest rates and inflation on home ownership.
We also speak with author and USC Sociology Professor Tayna Mary Golash-Boza about how gentrification and state abandonment has changed the landscape of cities like Washington, DC.
We also talk with Le Mars Economic Development Director Mark Gaul about a long term plan to add housing for thousands of new workers in the next decades.
The student group Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance at the University of South Dakota hosted its biannual drag show Tuesday night,
It was the first student-led drag show held on any public college campus in South Dakota since the Board of Regents passed a policy barring minors from attending events like this one.
That “minors on campus” policy was sparked by outrage from conservative lawmakers about a drag show held at South Dakota State University and hosted by the Gender and Sexualities Alliance, which initially promoted the event as being family-friendly.
Phoebe Smith is the President of Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance. I talked with her about the drag show and SD laws that have affected the LGBTQ+ community.
