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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

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 promote the creation of mixed land uses that promote livable and sustainable communities.

National, state, and local parks should be age-friendly, accessible, and sufficiently funded. They should be equitably located throughout communities.

Policymakers should enact comprehensive planning statutes, regulations, and incentives that create communities that promote the independence and active community eng

Planning activities and goals should be inclusive and equitable. They should support positive outcomes for all community members, including people from groups that are discriminated against.