Kuheli completed her doctoral thesis at UCL on resettlement projects. She has since worked in housing policy and delivery roles, managing a number of high profile projects over the last 13 years. Her work on housing companies at English Partnerships, helped pave the way for a new era of council home building. In 2015, Kuheli chaired the GLA’s ‘Viability Task and Group’, which laid the foundations for the Mayor's new approach for securing more affordable housing through planning. Kuheli now manages the GLA’s Small Sites, Small Builders programme.