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Housing Specialist

The Fortune Society

Description

Title: Housing Specialist
Unit: Scatter Site Housing
Reports to: Director of Property Management
Status: Full Time; Regular; Exempt
Location: Harlem and throughout the 5 boroughs of NYC


Position Summary:
Responsible for locating decent, safe and affordable apartments throughout New York City to satisfy the housing program’s needs by conducting outreach to brokers, apartment management companies and through online resources to obtain leads on housing as well as ensuring quality standards of units

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Locate new apartments for program’s need, maintaining a running list of new contacts;
• Liaise with landlords, broker s and building managers for new units;
• Maintain accurate and detailed list of all housing placements;
• Conduct apartment inspections for new apartments and annually thereafter using the Housing Quality Standards (HQS) inspection form;
• May make recommendations to the landlord or management on areas which failed the inspection, in order to bring the apartment to standard and follows up on necessary repairs;
• Obtain from landlord, or prepare, new lease and lease renewals as required;
• When applicable order and be available to receive furniture for new apartments;
• Arrange client moves as necessary, including reserving vehicles and securing movers;
• Maintain electronic apartment repair log, updating repair issues through completion;
• Complete Low Income Tenant Housing documentation for Fortune Academy residents;
• Document all interactions with landlords and staff on housing placement and apartment repair issues through finalization;
• Complete HUD’s rent reasonableness forms annually for apartments within relevant housing contract;
• Calculate tenant portion of rent using the HUD tenant rent calculation tool;
• Make copies of apartment keys for tenants as well as minor purchases of items for apartment repairs;
• File apartment and financial documents in appropriate areas of tenant files;
• Write letters on tenants’ behalf regarding verification of their residence or rent requests to HRA, HASA or other rent payment agency;
• Request checks from our finance department for landlord or other relevant vendor payments;
• Periodic file reviews to ensure compliance with property management requirements; and
• Other responsibilities as assigned.


Qualifications:
• High school diploma or GED/HSE with certification from an accredited institution or an associate’s degree or some college or a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in psychology, criminal justice, or liberal arts;
• At least 3 years of experience working in the housing field locating apartments throughout the boroughs of NYC and familiarity with the process of apartment location, lease signing and tenants moving in;
• Familiar with NYC housing issues and be able to navigate around them to provide decent, stable and affordable housing for our clients;
• Experience working with HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and criminal justice clients;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office computer applications, especially Word, Outlook and Excel database;
• Strong verbal, writing, and negotiating skills, with experience in negotiating program acceptance and rents with landlords a plus;
• Strong organizational and documentations skills;
• Ability to take initiative, be dependable, resourceful and be able to pay keen attention to detail;
• Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple priorities at the same time in a time-sensitive manner;
• Ability to travel throughout the 5 boroughs of New York City.

The Fortune Society encourages individuals to apply who have successfully made the transition from incarceration and/or substance abuse into a stable, productive lifestyle in the community.


Travel Requirements: Travel within the five boroughs of NYC by train and or bus. Driver’s license a plus. Occasional travel to our Long Island City office for meetings and trainings.


Physical Demands:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The responsibilities and requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensing, experience and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.


The Fortune Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of conviction history, race, religion/creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status or marital status.

Contact

https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=13433331

Posted on 05/21/15; CVMHA ID #8689