What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housing Specialist position at Community Development C?
CDLI Overview
Community Development Long Island (CDLI) is the only full-service collection of community development entities that change Long Islanders lives for success in home creation and financial growth. CDLI supports these achievements on the individual and community level by offering innovative solutions and resources to achieve personal and community economic growth
Position Summary
The Housing Specialist is responsible for ensuring the families we serve on the Housing Choice Voucher program meet the Federal and State laws, regulations, and guidelines.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct program eligibility interviews. Provide program overview to applicants. Review family documentation, including income information.
- Determine whether family meets income eligibility guidelines. Issue vouchers to eligible families.
- Families issued vouchers, oversee lease up process, including ensuring the proposed rent is reasonable and that request for tenancy forms are submitted for inspection.
- Conduct annual recertification interviews and maintain assigned caseload. Collect and review family documentation, including income information, and monitor tenant and property owner compliance with program requirements.
- Input tenant data into the database monthly to produce timely and accurate rent calculations. Maintain participant files for assigned caseload.
- Adjust data due to changes in income or other information.
- Ensure data entered is complete and error-free, following all applicable program rules and regulations.
- Ensure proper rent subsidy calculations.
- Answer periodic questions from tenants and property owners by telephone, fax, and mail.
- Process tenant unit transfers.
- Conduct tenant conferences.
- Recommend files for termination as needed.
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED is required.
- Three (3) years’ experience in case management or client services in a human services environment, housing complex, or real estate organization is required.
- Must attain housing choice voucher certification within six months of employment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, capable of working well with others.
- Proactive, detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will perform other reasonably related duties as assigned.
Salary : $48,000 - $48,500