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Peter Hainley is executive director of CASA of Oregon, an organization committed to developing housing, programs, and facilities that promote the quality of life and self-sufficiency of farmworkers and their families. Under Mr. Hainley’s leadership, CASA assists community development corporations, nonprofit organizations, and housing authorities throughout the rural regions of the state and oversees needs assessments and market studies, site selection and land use, finance packages, funding packages, design and construction oversight, and property/asset management. CASA has developed more than 600 units of multi-family housing and 13 single-family units and overseen the renovation of 200 multi-family units and 1,600 bed spaces of on-farm housing. CASA manages VIDA, Oregon’s largest IDA program (over 200 participants) which is a collaboration of 15 organizations. CASA is also a Certified Development Financial Institution (CDFI).
Mr. Hainley is also president of the National Farmworker Housing Project Directors Association, co-chair of the Multnomah Local Interagency Coordinating Council, and a board member of the National Rural Housing Coalition, Network for Oregon Affordable Housing, and the Association of Oregon Community Development Organizations.
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