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Policymakers and the private sector should enact meaningful rules and standards to provide government oversight and consumer protection against nuisance telemarketing calls and telemarketing fraud.
Policymakers should ensure that telemarketing practices incorporate consumer protections. Telemarketers should:
All telemarketing businesses and their agents that operate in a state should be required to be registered there.
The Federal Trade Commission should strengthen the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
Consumers should be protected against spam e-mail. Policymakers should prohibit misrepresentation of the sender, subject, or content of an e-mail.
Policymakers should encourage coordination of housing, health services, and other supports.
Federal, state, and local laws should protect people from all forms of housing discrimination. These laws should be fully enforced.
Governments should provide additional funds to build and modernize public housing in order to create adequate supportive housing options for people with physical and
Funding should be provided for homeowners to repair, modify, and make the residences of older homeowners with low incomes more energy-efficient.
State and local governments should promote the safety of residents living in multifamily units.
They should require: