Housing coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits :

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Duties and Responsibilities Include : Intake, Assessment and Documentation :

Respond to referrals of new clients in a timely manner, including completing the intake form and assessment of the clients needs and preferences.

Keep client case files up to date and organized.

Maintain current client data and keep detailed case notes on CHHCs database.

Diligently maintain detailed case notes, NPI numbers of clients, and current / accurate data about the client.

Communicate regularly and effectively with the client, Case Managers, service coordinators, service providers, and support personnel to ensure that clients meet house application requirements and maintain housing when secured.

Information and Assistance to Clients

Identify and present housing options for clients that fulfill their specific location, size, and affordability requirements.

Assist clients in understanding and signing the lease agreement.

Assist clients, along with their support staff and family members, in completing applications and providing necessary documents to be placed on waiting lists for affordable housing rental properties as well as the Housing Choices Voucher program.

Based on their disability and medical needs, assist clients in requesting reasonable accommodations from lease requirements.

Assist clients in qualifying for housing. This can require : making community referrals for credit counseling / legal assistance, assembling letters of support, helping them apply for eligible financial assistance, and by utilizing the County or other third parties in paying for all or part of the rent.

Help clients budget and plan for move-in expenses including the security deposit and first months rent. This may require applying for various programs that offer financial assistance for move-in expenses.

Be available to respond to questions from clients and authorized service providers / family members.

Facilitate all aspects of the application process once the client becomes a potential qualified applicant. This includes maintaining and administering the waitlist, showing the property to interested clients, and assisting clients who have been selected in submitting the necessary documents to qualify for the unit.

Ensure that clients maintain housing by responding to requests for assistance in lease renewals, lease violations, or re-certifications.

Community Engagement and Landlord / Property Manager Relationships

Be professional in representing CHHC while in meetings throughout the greater community.

Be professional in representing CHHC to landlords / property managers with the intention of expanding the network of properties which house people with developmental disabilities.

Regularly communicate with property managers / affordable housing developers in order to maintain a current and accurate list of affordable housing / rental properties which are accepting applications for a wait list.

Additionally, keep current application forms and other requirements for being placed on the waitlist.

Identify opportunities for housing advocacy and collaborate with Housing Development Advocate and Executive Director in pursuing them.

Advise client and landlord of the amount of funding approved for assistance, and follow up within three days of issuing the check to ensure that the participants immediate housing issues are now resolved.

Perform other duties upon request