AARP's Rodney Harrell on Changing Demographics and Livable Communities

About This Episode

Rodney Harrell, a planner and AARP Public Policy Institute's vice president of Family, Home, and Community, thinks the biggest policy problem we face is the siloing of planning issues — separating housing from transportation from economic development from health.

This disjointedness negatively affects people across the lifespan, but these impacts will become even more pronounced as our nation gets older. In fact, by 2035, the U.S. will have more people over the age of 65 than under the age of 18 for the first time.

Thankfully, Rodney recognizes, that planners are in a unique position to help solve many of these issues. He and APA's editor-in-chief Meghan Stromberg discuss where we go from here.

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