About Us
Mission
The mission of California Affordable Housing Initiatives, Inc. is to administer project-based Section 8 contracts on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development in order to:
- Ensure that eligible families are provided affordable housing that is well managed and maintained;
- Contribute to building and preserving healthy neighborhoods and communities; and
- Operate with a high degree of integrity and public and fiscal accountability
History & Partners
California Affordable Housing Initiatives, Inc. (“CAHI”) was formed as an instrumentality of the Oakland Housing Authority to enhance, preserve, develop and administer housing for HUD-defined low and moderate income families and individuals in California. CAHI assumed contract administration duties for Northern California from HUD on October 1, 2004. The Northern California program encompasses more than 560 properties assisting over 42,700 residents.
As part of HUD’s Performance Based Contract Administration (PBCA) program for project based section 8, CAHI’s primary purpose is to administer Section 8 contracts in Northern California on behalf of HUD.
CAHI has CGI as its business-processing partner to perform many of the processing activities required under the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC). These contract administration activities include renewing expiring Housing Assistance Payment Contracts, adjusting contract rents, processing monthly HAP voucher payments and performing Management & Occupancy Reviews. In 2025 alone, CAHI processed:
- Processed over 7,302 vouchers totaling more than $928,000,000 in subsidy
- Renewed 51 Expiring HAP Contracts
- Completed 533 Rent Adjustments
- Performed 392 MORS
CGI Federal’s Housing, HUD Sector, working with its partners in Northern California as well as Ohio, New York, Florida, Tennessee, and Washington D.C is currently the largest HUD contractor for Section 8 Performance Based Contract Administration, processing over $1.8 Billion of housing assistance payments for over 250,000 units annually.
Board of Directors & Officers
CAHI Board of Directors
Anne Griffith
Board Chair
Lynnette Jung-Lee
Vice Chair
Patricia Wells
Board Director
CAHI Officers
Patricia Wells, CEO
Executive Director, Oakland Housing Authority
Dominica Henderson, Secretary
Chief Social Impact Officer, Oakland Housing Authority
Victor Madamba, Treasurer
Director of Finance, Oakland Housing Authority
Management Team
Keischa Harris
CAHI Contract Administrator
510-587-5117
Darline Burrell
State Manager
510-238-5314
Ann Ninh
Asset Manager
510-238-5308
Paul Rabuy
Local Services Manager
510-238-5318
Board Meetings
Next meeting
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Additional special meetings may be added as needed.
Past meetings
- Thursday, September 10, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Thursday, June 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Thursday, March 12, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Industry Partners
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of the Regional Administrator - Serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Territory of Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa
California Staff Directories and Jurisdictions
Affordable Housing Management Association, Northern California and Hawaii (AHMA-NCH)
Affordable Housing Management Association, Northern California and Hawaii (AHMA-NCH) is a non-profit, professional organization of property management companies and owners who specialize in the development and operation of multifamily affordable housing.
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