About the Agency:
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.
As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.
Your Team:
At HPD, rent subsidy programs are administered by the Division of Tenant & Owner Resources (DTOR). HPD’s rental subsidies are local, state or federally funded. HPD is also working on new programs that will expand its populations served with rental assistance, some examples of these programs may include NYC 15/15, HOME TBRA and HAVP.
The largest program administered is the federal Section 8 or the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, which provides funding to eligible low-income families for rental assistance toward decent, safe, and affordable housing in a neighborhood of their choice. Families pay approximately 30% of their income toward rent, and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) pays the difference, directly to the owner. The unit must have a rent that is determined reasonable and affordable by HPD and must meet federal Housing Quality Standards (HQS) to be approved.
The federally funded HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) permits HPD to create flexible programs that provide assistance to individual households to help them afford the housing costs of market-rate units. These programs are known as "Tenant-Based Rental Assistance," or TBRA. HPD’s HOME TBRA program will work in a similar way to the Section 8 program, providing tenant-based rental assistance in privately owned housing.
Your Impact:
Coordinators in the Division of Tenant and Owner Resources report directly to the Director or the Deputy Director of the Program. Coordinators plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and/or evaluate program and events which provide important and instrumental services to program participants in the communities served. Additionally, they supervise and coordinate the work of a team in a unit, run reports to monitor and track productivity and efficiency of the team, meet with landlords, tenants, management firms, and related parties. Coordinators work closely with the Unit’s Project Managers, team Leaders and case managers to complete special projects and assignments, communicate with public and other entities to relay program policies and regulations as needed. Coordinators must obtain and process client information and transactions in compliance with Federal HUD Rules and Regulations.
Your Role:
- Be able to work independently and manage own workload.
- Train, manage and ensure that staff is working within federal regulatory and local policy guidelines.
- Responsible for public communication, ensuring that accurate information is relayed to landlords, tenants and general public as well as community leaders and other governmental entities.
- Supervise staff, approve timesheets, perform periodic performance appraisals, provide ongoing feedback as review and approve disciplinary actions against staff in accordance with HPD’s established policies and procedures.
- Respond to inquiries; and working with the senior management team to implement and maintain best practice operations
- Review various types of financial documents.
- Attend meetings, conferences and trainings as required. May represent the Division at community events and workshops.
- Have full understanding of the various steps of the subsidy programs’ tasks including, but not limited to: application screenings, eligibility determinations, preparation of Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contracts, client briefings, rent calculations, filed preparation, annual and interim reexaminations, client transfers, data entry of required information into data systems.
- Work on special projects and initiatives as determined by management.
- May be required to work evenings and weekends.
Preferred skills
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
- Computer knowledge (Word, Excel and Access)
- Strong analytical and interpersonal Skill
- Strong organizational Skills
- Knowledge of rental subsidies preferred
- Bilingual a plus
- A NYS Driver’s License is preferred
This position is grant funded for a 2-year limit.
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