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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: 

Communities should include a variety of housing types and sizes interspersed throughout the community.

Communities should include safe and accessible infrastructure that provides a wide range of connected transportation options.

Residents should have access to essential goods and services, such as healthcare services and grocery stores.

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure universal access in rural areas to affordable high-speed internet services in the home and to digital skills progra

Policymakers and the private sector should develop and implement transportation programs to ensure mobility for rural residents, particularly those who do not drive.