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Policymakers should help voucher recipients secure appropriate housing. This includes:
Congress should modify the LIHTC program to enable greater flexibility in the development of housing projects for older adults.
Policymakers and researchers should study and put in place successful policies to keep housing costs affordable for existing residents, particularly in neighborhoods where housing costs are rising
Federal, state, and local policymakers should enact, monitor for compliance, and fully enforce laws prohibiting housing discrimination on the basis of lawful source of income, including use of a ho
States should coordinate mental health services among all appropriate health, LTSS, and aging-network services.
Congress should mandate the use of the Supplemental Poverty Meas
Policymakers should enact and strictly enforce antidiscrimination and civil rights laws.