March 16, 2022
Housing Authority of the City of San Diego Appoints Interim President & CEO for San Diego Housing Commission
SAN DIEGO, CA — A 25-year veteran of the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC), Jeff Davis, has been appointed to serve as the Interim President & CEO for SDHC, effective April 1, 2022.
“I look forward to continuing the San Diego Housing Commission’s excellence in rental assistance, homelessness solutions and affordable housing to help families with low income in the City of San Diego,” Mr. Davis said. “I thank the City Council and the Housing Commission’s Board of Commissioners for this opportunity and current President & CEO Rick Gentry for his outstanding leadership of the agency for the last 14 years.”
Mr. Davis has held positions of increasing authority and responsibility throughout his career at SDHC, including most recently as SDHC’s Deputy CEO. He has worked closely with the President & CEO on a variety of strategic initiatives to lead SDHC as the agency anticipates challenges and innovates solutions to have a positive impact on the families SDHC serves. As Deputy CEO, Mr. Davis oversees all of SDHC’s major divisions, including Real Estate, Rental Assistance, Homelessness Initiatives and Policy.
Mr. Davis’ previous leadership positions at the Housing Commission include serving as Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of the Housing Commission’s largest division, Rental Assistance.
He also serves on the board of the National Leased Housing Association, is a member of the Housing Committee for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) and serves as a board member of the Pacific Southwest Regional Council of NAHRO.
With more than 350 employees and a budget of more than $600 million, SDHC, including its nonprofit affiliate, is an affordable housing developer, investor and lender to affordable housing developers and owns or manages more than 4,100 affordable rental housing units in the City of San Diego. SDHC also provides federal rental assistance to more than 16,000 low-income families who live in the City of San Diego. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SDHC has administered and operated the COVID-19 Housing Stability Assistance Program, which in less than a year has made payments totaling more than $183.6 million to help pay rent and utilities for more than 16,200 households with low income experiencing financial hardship due to or during the pandemic. In addition, SDHC is a leader in collaborative programs to address homelessness in the City of San Diego, including HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, SDHC’s homelessness action plan, which has created more than 10,200 housing solutions since 2014 for San Diegans experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. SDHC also administers the City of San Diego’s homeless shelters and services programs through a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of San Diego.
The San Diego City Council, in its role as the Housing Authority of the City of San Diego, voted 8-0 on Tuesday, March 15, to appoint Mr. Davis to serve as SDHC’s Interim President & CEO.
SDHC President & CEO Richard C. Gentry’s resignation from SDHC takes effect March 31, 2022.
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Media Contact:
Scott Marshall
Vice President of Communications
San Diego Housing Commission
619-578-7138
