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Federal and state laws should prohibit maximum hiring ages and mandatory retirement ages for all workers. This should include public-safety employees.

Businesses that bid on federal, state, and local contracts should be required to report any complaints and determinations of unlawful and unfair practices.

States and localities should carefully evaluate the effectiveness of the incentives they offer to attract or retain businesses.

When considering bond financing, state and local policymakers should:

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.

Policymakers should increase the availability of subsidized housing with services.

Policymakers should mitigate the effects of foreclosures on renters.

Policymakers should mitigate the negative impacts of foreclosures on neighborhoods. Strategies should consider the needs of older adults.

State and local policymakers should encourage the construction of more housing units to ensure that people of all incomes and ability levels can afford to live in a communit