; (B) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight primarily for severely economically distressed communities (as such term is defined in section 610 of the National and Community Service Act of 199 ( 42 U.S.C. 12645d )), and historically disinvested communities, including high-poverty areas (as such term is defined in section 681.260 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations) and persistent poverty counties (as such term is defined in the Department of Agriculture notice entitled Implementation of Certain Provisions of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 Specific to Persistent Poverty Counties [Docket No. RBS–20–BUSINESS–0033], published in the Federal Register on August 21, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 51676)); or (C) reduce the isolation and inequality of income groups within communities and geographical areas and the promotion of an increase in the diversity and vitality of neighborhoods through the spatial deconcentration of housing opportunities for persons of lower income and the revitalization of deteriorating or deteriorated neighborhoods; (D) conserve and expand the housing stock in order to provide a decent home and a suitable living environment for all persons, but principally those of low and moderate income, and expand the number of community land trust, cooperative, municipal, and public housing units as a ratio of total housing stock; (E) expand and enhance the quantity and quality of community services, principally for persons of low and moderate income, that are evidenced-based and essential for sound community development and for the development of viable urban communities; (F) improve the rational utilization of land and other natural resources and the better arrangement of residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and other needed activity centers, including parks, green spaces, and walking trails