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Areas at risk for deterioration, abandonment, and blight should be targeted for planning and revitalization.

Policymakers should support efforts to spur economic development in economically distressed areas. These efforts should be designed to prevent displacement.

Policymakers should target Opportunity Zone funding to the areas that will most benefit from investment.

Funding for livable communities projects should be sufficient to:

Policymakers should use funding mechanisms aligned with AARP’s Taxation Principles

Any public-private partnerships must ensure full accountability to the public.

Policymakers should protect consumers against unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices.

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure that products, services, and emerging technologies are created using universal design principles.

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure that the benefits of the sharing economy extend to older adults and traditionally underserved market populations.

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure affordable access to essential products and services during declared emergencies.