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User fees should directly relate to the services received. They should not unfairly burden people with low incomes or unduly limit access to public services. 

Public assets should not be sold to raise revenue if the sale would sacrifice resources that serve important national and regional purposes.

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 that promote aging in place.

Policymakers should increase the availability of subsidized housing with services. This includes providing service coordinators and supportive housing arrangements in subsidized housing. 

Policymakers should coordinate and consolidate existing housing programs to improve service delivery, safeguard assets, and cost efficiency.

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 community. 

State and local policymakers should encourage innovation in housing construction.