Oji Alexander

Fulcrum Fellows

2022 - 2023

Focus Area:
Affordable HousingCommunity and Economic DevelopmentRacial Equity
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People's Housing+
CEO
New Orleans, Louisiana

Oji Alexander is the Chief Executive Officer of People’s Housing+, an organization that recently formed through the merger of Home by Hand, Crecent City Community Land Trust, and Tulane Canal Neighborhood Development Corporation. Oji was the co-founder and Executive Director of Home by Hand, a New Orleans based non-profit affordable housing developer. Previously, he was the Senior Project Manager at Project Home Again, one of New Orleans’ most prolific post-Katrina recovery endeavors. Since 2008, Oji has led the development and sale of over 200 new, energy-efficient, storm-resistant homes and has facilitated the return of over 300 vacant and blighted properties to tax commerce in neighborhoods throughout New Orleans. Home by Hand has redefined the method of design and delivery of affordable housing to low- and moderate-income homebuyers.