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Policymakers should expand access to safe, appropriate, and affordable homes for rural residents. This includes through:

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure access to robust business development and employment training opportunities in rural communities.

Policymakers should increase funding and provide technical assistance for community and economic development activities on tribal lands.

Small towns and rural communities should provide opportunities for residents of all ages and backgrounds to live, shop, socialize, and participate in civic life.

Federal agencies that provide economic development funding to tribal entities should work in coordination with them to collect, analyze, and report the amount of ass

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.

Small towns and rural communities should provide opportunities for residents of all ages and backgrounds to live, shop, socialize, and participate in civic life.

Policymakers should encourage competition that enables purchasers to obtain price discounts from pharmaceutical manufacturers.