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Governments should provide additional funds to build and modernize public housing in order to create adequate supportive housing options for people with physical and
Funding should be provided for homeowners to repair, modify, and make the residences of older homeowners with low incomes more energy-efficient.
Policymakers should take steps to foster housing stability during declared emergencies. Among the temporary measures they should consider are:
Occupational regulation should provide meaningful consumer health, safety, or financial well-being benefits. Policymakers should streamline licensing requirements where possible.
Policymakers should establish rights and protections for customers who face possible termination of service.
Policymakers should prohibit fees for the disconnection or reconnection of customers. If fees are allowed, they should be based on actual utility costs.
Policymakers should ensure strong consumer protections against unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices related to Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.
State policymakers should establish a definition of “universal service” for the energy industry that is similar to the one in the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Policymakers should create assistance programs to ensure that all households with low incomes can afford adequate water and sewer service. These programs should be fully funded.
Policymakers should explore options for extending the affordability of rental housing units whose subsidies are set to expire. These include: