Teslim Ikharo We
Executive Director @Supportive Housing Community Land Alliance
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director @Supportive Housing Community Land Alliance
Alameda County, CA, US
SHCLA is the first community land trust of its kind, with a mission to increase access to mental health services by creating permanent supportive housing for individuals in Alameda County. With generous support from Alameda County Health Care Services utilizing Mental Health Services Act Innovations Funding, SHCLA uses housing as a healthcare intervention.The SHCLA model includes two project types: 1.) a family co-investment model where families pool capital to acquire and rehab independent living homes, and 2.) a licensed board and care model that works with operators to prevent closure/expand capacity. Both models build long-term affordability for owners and provide a perpetual community benefit by ensuring that homes retain their initial intended use as independent living homes or licensed board and care facilities.Both models center on housing production for serious mental health illness (SMI) populations. The land trust model ensures the housing created remains available to this population in perpetuity and is governed by community members who participate in decision-making.
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
J.D.
Indiana University Bloomington
B.A.
SKILLS
ABOUT TESLIM IKHARO WE
Teslim Ikharo is a dynamic real estate developer, urban strategist, and community convener dedicated to shaping neighborhoods that foster resilience, equity, and opportunity. With a career spanning finance, real estate development, social services, and policy, he leverages innovative investment strategies to deliver lasting, community-driven impact.An Oakland native and the child of Nigerian immigrants, Teslim grew up in the Dimond District, where he witnessed firsthand how diversity can strengthen communities. He views the fusion of cultures, experiences, and ideas as vital to building thriving neighborhoods, just as biodiversity strengthens ecosystems. This belief informs his conviction that access to quality housing, public spaces, transit, and cultural institutions is foundational to safe, vibrant, and inclusive communities.As a key leader at the Supportive Housing Community Land Alliance (SHCLA), an Alameda County–based community land trust, Teslim is advancing innovative real estate development guided by the principles of people, planet, profit, and purpose. His expertise includes adaptive reuse, infill development, green infrastructure, and public art. He sees housing as a form of healthcare and designs projects that integrate biophilic design, art therapy, and mixed-income models to improve outcomes for residents in supportive housing and Adult Residential Facility (ARF)/Residential Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) settings.Teslim’s career has also included roles as an investment advisor, financial services writer, and managing director of social service programs addressing mental health, homelessness, reentry, and social justice. His holistic, cross-sector approach ensures that neighborhoods are cultivated as ecosystems where people can live, work, and grow.Teslim earned his B.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington, and his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.
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