Housing Specialist

RECRUITING SOURCE INTERNATIONAL • Houston, TX • 3w ago

Pay Rate: $20/hr

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM

Location: Houston, TX. 77057

Housing Specialist, Recertifications

GENERAL SUMMARY The duties of this position include a wide range of activities related to determining and documenting participant eligibility, income, rent and contractual relationships with owners in support of the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) operations. The Housing Specialist may perform admissions, re-certifications, interim adjustments, rent increases and deal with both participant and landlord problems. Reports to the Team Leader.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Admissions

Conduct eligibility interviews with applicant and port-in families.

Conduct interviews in the clients home or offsite location as needed.

Conduct criminal history check on all adult members of applicant families.

Determine eligibility of applicants from the waiting list, special admissions and port-ins. Inform ineligible families of informal meeting procedures.

Document family composition, citizenship or eligible immigrant status and social security numbers of family members over age six (or certification that no number exists) in accordance with HUD requirements.

Determine Annual Income in accordance with HUD rules.

Obtain Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) or third party verification of income (or documentation of why third party verifications are not present).

Calculate Adjusted Income correctly in accordance with HUD rules.

Obtain third party verification of deductions (or documentation of why third party verifications are not present).

Calculate Total Tenant Payment (TTP) accurately.

Determine the Voucher size for which each family qualifies in accordance with the Administrative Plan.

Issue Vouchers and brief Voucher-holders, emphasizing housing opportunities outside areas of minority and low income concentration.

Set-up complete and accurate files with all necessary participant-supplied documents and third party verifications (or documentation of why third party verifications are not present).

Receive Requests for Tenancy Approval, HAP contracts (with HUD-required Tenancy Addendum) Inspection reports, rent reasonableness determinations and leases. Check to ensure that no participants will be paying more than 40 percent of adjusted monthly income in TTP, review for original signatures and internal consistency (particularly with respect to who pays for various utilities), place in participant files and authorize HAP payments to owner.

Enter correct information and forward accurate and timely 50058 form to Assistant Administrator for submission to HUD.

HUD Annual Re-certifications, Interim Adjustments and Owner Rent Increases
Request Inspectors to schedule and conduct annual and special inspections.

Schedule and conduct annual re-certification interviews in a manner that ensure that notices of rent increase are provided at least 30 days before the anniversary date and the entire process is completed by the anniversary date.

Determine whether the participant family qualifies for a different unit/Voucher size than previously, issue new voucher for correct unit/Voucher size when appropriate.

When families move later than 120 days after the most recent annual re-certification (in a manner acceptable under program guidelines and the Administrative Plan), conduct a full annual re-certification (including working with Inspector to set up inspection) and change the familys anniversary date.

When participant reports changes in income or family circumstances, process Interim Adjustment.

Document all information (complete information for the Annual Re-cert, only changed information for the Interim) using EIV when available, otherwise third party verifications or documentation of why third party verification was unavailable.

Make determination in accordance with the Administrative Plan when tenants request to add family members for reasons other than the birth, adoption or Court-awarded custody of children.

Receive owner rent increase requests and forwards them to Inspectors for rent reasonableness determinations. When received, forward entire package to Assistant Administrator to determine whether the program can afford the rent increase within available budget.

When rent increases are approved by Assistant Administrator, notify owner in writing and the Finance Department within two working days.

As the utility allowance schedule is updated, ensure that the utility allowances used in determining tenant rent are correct and accurate, taking into account the size and @type of unit and the utilities paid directly by the tenant.

Enter correct information and forward accurate and timely 50058 form to Assistant Administrator for submission to HUD.

Properly process client files as assigned within prescribed timeframe.

General
Works cooperatively with other members of the Voucher Administration group, adjusting workload as necessary when other members are ill or on vacation.

Investigate and resolve participant and landlord complaints minimizing involvement of supervisors to the satisfaction of all parties.

Communicate with applicants, participants, landlords/owners and co-workers in a manner that is courteous and professional.

Answer resident and landlord questions, providing information on status of rent, damage claims, property inspections, provisions of the lease and contract, program regulations, company policies, and procedures, etc.

Return calls to participants and landlords within one workday.

Place information received through the mail, by fax or email in appropriate part of participant file within two workdays of receipt.

Participate in the revision to Departmental policies and procedures.

Submit monthly performance reports as required.

Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Two (2) years of college course work required.

Bachelors degree preferred.

Three (3) years of experience in public housing, Housing Choice Voucher Program, case management, apartment management, HCVP Call Center, or calculation experience, i.e. loan processing, tax p

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