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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High-Income ZIP Codes Benefit Most from Housing Recovery
Metro Data on Rental Cost Burdens Show Uneven Improvement
The Rent Eats First: Rental Housing Unaffordability in the US
The Association Between High Mortgage Debt and Financial Well-Being in Old Age: Implications for the Financial Education Field
Documenting the Long-Run Decline in Low-Cost Rental Units in the US by State
Mapping Over Two Decades of Neighborhood Change in the Boston Metropolitan Area
Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard
The Association Between High Mortgage Debt and Financial Well-Being in Old Age: Implications for the Financial Education Field
Where Hasn’t Housing Construction Kept Pace with Demand?
New Paper Details the Dramatic Decline of Low-Cost Rentals
Documenting the Long-Run Decline in Low-Cost Rental Units in the US by State
Increasing Land Prices Make Housing Less Affordable