Dr. Michael P. Johnson, an associate professor of management science and urban affairs at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, is taking management science tools and innovative information technology applications to the housing field. Concerned that organizations that develop and maintain affordable housing have fallen far behind agencies in law enforcement, transportation and other public service areas which have used these tools over the past two decades, Johnson conducts the research necessary to transform the operation of local housing authorities and the housing planning process. This document briefly analyzes the work of Johnson.