LANSING (WWJ) — Gov. Gretchen knows inflation and the rising cost of living are making things tough on Michiganders these days.
“No one likes paying $6 for a box of cereal or more for an oil change than they did last year,” she said during her State of the State address Wednesday night. “But I want to be upfront with you: I cannot solve global inflation alone. No one person can — not even the President.”
But Whitmer on Wednesday laid out her plans to cut down on Michiganders’ most expensive costs: housing, child care, transportation, education, utilities and food.
Focusing on housing — typically the largest expense in anyone’s budget — Whitmer said the state’s housing stock is “old,” with nearly half of all units in Michigan having been built before 1970.
She noted school districts near Traverse City are searching for housing as teachers have nowhere to go, while areas in West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula don’t have anywhere for growing families to go, and Metro Detroiters are seeing higher rates when they re-sign rental leases.