Doug Foster co-wrote a study (Affordability and the Funding Gap) for NeighborWorks America studying the changes in affordability over 127 market areas, and its impact on low and moderate income (LMI) families.
The study developed its own metrics to evaluate the housing boom’s impact specifically on LMI families. Doug applied his GIS and programming skills to automate a process of running the algorithm on the 127 market areas, ranking and mapping them.
