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After the 2/19 working group meeting, I had some other thoughts on
ways to frame the key economic questions needed to derive relevant
economic factors.  

1)       Regarding Housing Affordability and Jobs/Housing
Balance:

a.       How does housing affordability affect the jobs/housing
balance (and the related effectiveness of smart growth housing
reducing VMTs)?  

b.       Do current jobs/housing balance modeling methods account
for housing affordability?  

c.       Is it possible to adjust these models to consider housing
affordability relative to job type and job wage levels? 

d.       Do/can VMT projections relative to jobs/housing balance
take into account unemployment rates projections (adjusted to
account for those not seeking work)?

2)       Regarding Land Use and Redevelopment:

a.       Can projected changes in land use patterns resulting from
Sustainable Community’s Strategies be modeled or assessed in some
way?

b.       How does the extent and likelihood of redevelopment of
existing uses attributable to Sustainable Community’s Strategies
affect VMT reduction projections and how can this be measured?

c.       How would the displacement caused by smart growth housing
produced through redevelopment affect the VMT reduction
projections?

d.       How would the affordability level of redeveloped smart
growth housing affect the degree of displacement?