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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 adopt minimum service standards and consumer protections to ensure fair terms and conditions.

Policymakers should ensure network reliability and resiliency for utility and telecommunications services.

Policymakers should ensure affordable and reliable access to essential communications and utility services for all.

Policymakers should ensure that universal service funds are calculated fairly and distributed equitably.

Policymakers should establish a definition of “universal service” for the energy industry that is similar to the one in the Telecommunications Act of 1996.