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Policymakers should expand opportunities for people to volunteer in their communities. This includes older adults and people with disabilities.

Policymakers should increase subsidies for low-income rural housing to preserve existing affordable housing units and construct new units.

Self-help housing programs, which enable low-income households to become homeowners by working together to build homes through “sweat equity,” should be supported.

States should enact the Uniform Law Commission’s Model Manufactured Housing Act.

Policymakers should preserve the existing stock and expand the availability of affordable, accessible, safe housing, particularly for those with the most severe cost burdens.

Policymakers should increase the availability of subsidized housing in mixed-use, walkable communities that promote aging in place.