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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 adopt plans that enhance the mobility of older adults and people with disabilities.

Policymakers should require shared mobility service providers to provide local jurisdictions with consumer travel data while protecting user privacy.

Policymakers should use effective, evidence-based assessment models to identify at-risk drivers of all ages.

Policymakers should create communities that provide a range of safe mobility options.