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Areas at risk for deterioration, abandonment, and blight should be identified for planning and revitalization. Revitalization projects should minimize displacement of current residents.

Policymakers should support efforts to spur economic development in economically distressed areas. These efforts should be designed to prevent displacement.

Policymakers should target Opportunity Zone funding to the areas that will most benefit from investment.

Funding for livable communities projects should be sufficient to: 

Policymakers should use funding mechanisms aligned with AARP’s Taxation Principles,

Any public-private partnerships must ensure full accountability to the public. 

Policymakers should enter into these arrangements only when they can: 

Policymakers and the private sector should develop and implement transportation programs and services to improve community transportation resources for older adults.

Policymakers should support broad-based nationwide passenger rail service, including high-speed rail.