Alexander Hermann
Alexander Hermann is a Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, working on projects related to housing markets, affordability, and housing policy. Alex has been a researcher at the Center for nearly a decade and has helped lead the Center’s flagship annual report—The State of the Nation’s Housing—since 2017. Prior to joining the Center, he worked as a grant writer at a Detroit nonprofit providing housing and treatment services to homeless populations. Alex received a Master’s in Public Policy and a Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan.
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The Rent Eats More: Residual Income Housing Cost Burdens from 2019–2023
Deteriorating Rental Affordability: An Update on America’s Rental Housing 2024
Recognizing Racial Diversity Within Households: Implications for Housing Research
Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and Costs of Addressing Middle-Income Affordability Challenges
The Geography of Pandemic-Era Home Price Trends and the Implications for Affordability
Mapping Over Two Decades of Neighborhood Change in the Boston Metropolitan Area
More Older Adults Are Living in Lower-Density Neighborhoods
What Accounts for Recent Growth in Homeowner Households?
Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard