Housing and Homeless Services Manager

Housing And Homeless Services Manager

The City of Santa Barbara City Administrators Office is seeking a strategic, resourceful, and collaborative Housing and Homeless Services Manager. This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the work of the Housing and Homeless Services Division. This position promotes and evaluates the success of existing programs; establishes and revises policies and procedures to meet customer needs; manages programs, contract services, and division budget; supervises, assigns, and reviews the work of staff responsible for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME), Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program (HRLP), Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA), Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Program, Affordable Housing Programs (rental and owner-occupant), Human Services, Rental Housing Mediation Program, Access to Legal Counsel Program, and fair housing / discrimination; provides staff support to the Community Development and Human Services Committee and Rental Housing Mediation Board, and outside officials.

Hybrid / Flexible Work Schedule : This position has the flexibility to work a hybrid schedule. Schedules are dependent upon operational needs and are subject to change. Details of teleworking considerations can be addressed during the interview process.

The Housing & Homeless Services Manager is a management level classification that has a broad responsibility for division policies, programs, and services within the City, under the guidance of the Deputy City Administrator. The Housing and Homeless Services Manager is distinguished from other division managers by its knowledge of principles and practices of real estate law, real estate management, real estate financing and analysis, escrow procedures, and real property title, lien and foreclosure regulations, Low Income Housing Tax Credit financing, mortgage financing principles and practices, CDBG, PLHA, TBRA, and HOME regulations, landlord / tenant rights and responsibilities, and efforts to reduce homelessness and its impacts on the City.