About the

Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city's neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love. We maintain building and resident safety and health We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity. Your Team The Office of Housing Access and Stability ( "Housing Access") consists of the divisions of Housing Opportunity, Tenant and Owner Resources, Housing Stability, Budget and Program Operations, and Program Policy and Innovation. The mission of the office is to ensure fair, efficient, and transparent access to affordable housing. The Office provides subsidies, placement services, and tools that connect New Yorkers to affordable housing, ensure vulnerable households in subsidized housing have the support they need to be safely housed and stabilize the financial health of building. Housing Access is committed to expanding housing choices and affirmatively furthering fair housing. The Division of Housing Opportunity ensures that HPD's affordable housing is made available through fair, transparent and accessible programming. Developers creating affordable housing are required to offer many types of units through an open lottery process on NYC Housing Connect and fill other units through a placement process for households in the City's shelter system. Housing Opportunity & Program Services administers the housing lottery and homeless placements programs and crafts policy and procedures to ensure that these programs offer equal opportunity to all applicants and affirmatively further fair housing.[RA(1]

Your Impact:

The Homeless Rental Coordinator will oversee and facilitate the pathway for a homeless household residing in shelter to enter permanent, affordable housing and successfully exit homelessness. Your Role As the Homeless Rental Coordinator, your role will oversee a portfolio of projects with homeless set-asides, monitoring vacancies and other project information from their delegated set of sponsors to ensure that the projects are consistently meeting their homeless restrictions. The Homeless Rental Coordinator will be responsible for making appropriate referrals of homeless clients to the building owner. The referral process will involve coordinating with the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) and the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) to ensure the timely lease-up of homeless units. The Homeless Rental Coordinator will report to a Homeless Rental Team Leader.

Your Responsibilities:

Establishing and maintaining effective communications with the Department of Homeless Services, the Human Resources Administration, various divisions of HPD, housing developers, and other external partners Gaining an understanding of the regulatory terms pertaining to homeless set aside units and client eligibility criteria for these units Obtaining timely information from developers to document their compliance with the homeless restrictions of their projects Maintaining accurate tracking of the available units in your portfolio and the status of pending client referrals Preferred skills Basic knowledge of affordable housing programs and homeless services Ability to work well on teams and independently. Strong interpersonal skills Experience with MS Excel and other MS Office programs Strong written and verbal communication skills Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions, or status changes, including H-1B visas. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position at the time of application. How to

Apply:

Please submit your resume and cover letter to

DTRPERSONNEL

@HPD.NYC.GOV with the subject line "Temp Homeless Rental Coordinator" Salary range for this position is: $32.48 per hour

Job Types:

Full-time, Temporary Pay:

$32.48 per hour

Work Location:

In person