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Policymakers should provide support to areas that have suffered, or are at high risk for, damage from extreme weather events. They should:

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.

Innovation districts should intentionally:

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.

States should simplify estate planning. This includes allowing the use of electronic wills or trusts to govern the distribution of property at death.

States should expand laws on durable powers of attorney to: