Affordable Housing Policy Coordinator

City of Golden•Golden, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Golden is seeking an Affordable Housing Policy Coordinator to develop and implement policy initiatives for innovative housing solutions that advance the city’s housing goals. This role involves providing strategic direction in affordable housing creation and preservation, coordinating efforts to facilitate affordable housing development, and contributing to regional housing and homelessness strategies. The coordinator will administer the city’s affordable housing activities, including grant writing and management, and ensure compliance with state housing initiatives like Prop123. They will also support housing programmatic efforts such as healthy housing, eviction prevention, and resident support, and act as the primary contact for city-acquired properties used for affordable housing in cooperation with Foothills Regional Housing.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, real estate, urban planning, public policy, or related field.
Minimum three (3) years' experience working in affordable housing or related experience in real estate, community planning, lending, or development, in multifamily rental housing, for-sale housing, or supportive housing.
Experience in grant writing for federal and/or state funded programs.
Ability to work effectively with diverse populations, with an emphasis in equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Ensures linguistic access for all public engagement events.
Must possess a results-oriented mindset along with a long-term view of the impact of policies and programs on the community.
Experience in negotiating a variety of legal documentation for real estate transactions, as well as other real estate activities.
Must possess a valid driver’s license and a good driving record.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate and interact with all levels of personnel within the City, external clients, business prospects, partner organizations, and the general public in a positive and cooperative manner.
Ability to read, comprehend and interpret City of Golden policies and procedures, market data and relevant programs.
Understanding of accounting principles, working knowledge of financial reports and analysis, common fractions, and decimals for preparation of accounts payable, timesheets and basic budget preparation.
Ability to prepare budgets for grant/funding submissions.
Ability to analyze, evaluate and diagnose situations and adopt effective courses of action and interpret new and revised laws and regulations and project probable impacts to programs.
Ability to communicate legal and regulatory requirements, collect, organize, and evaluate pertinent data, Define and validate conclusions, identify alternative solutions, and project consequences of decisions and recommendations.
Ability to use independent judgment in most situations.
Ability to work well with limited or no supervision.
Knowledge and understanding of principles and operation of public administration programs, landlord/tenant law, real estate practices, public housing and assistance programs, lending practices and applicant interview techniques.
Skilled in contract and grant administration and monitoring.

Nice To Haves

Master's preferred.
Experience with multifamily real estate and analysis, and public sector programs critical to community development preferred.
Experience with or working knowledge of different programs such as community land trusts, various affordable housing lending programs, i.e., Private Activity Bonds, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, etc.
Working knowledge of federal programs such as HOME, CDBG, HOPWA, NSP, ADA, FHEO, Section 3, Davis Bacon, and URA.
Experience in working with the Colorado Housing Finance Agency (CHFA), the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) and the Colorado Department of Housing (DOH) or equivalents.

Responsibilities

Develops and implements policy initiatives to support innovative housing solutions that advance the city’s housing goals, including the adoption of a new housing strategy.
Provides strategic direction in affordable housing creation and preservation.
Coordinates cooperative efforts facilitating affordable housing development throughout the city.
Contributes to the work of regional housing and homelessness strategies and efforts.
Administers the city’s affordable housing activities related to city housing policies, maintaining, and expanding a diverse housing supply, including grant writing and management related to housing.
Ensures compliance with State housing initiatives including but not limited to meeting the City’s Prop123 commitment and complying with housing legislation requirements.
Supports housing programmatic efforts within the City including but not limited to, healthy housing, eviction prevention, and resident support.
Acts as primary contact for properties acquired by the city and operated as affordable housing in cooperation with Foothills Regional Housing.
Researches and provides recommendations in the development of policies related to various housing development strategies, funding and partnership opportunities.
Identifies opportunities for the City to partner with developers and other stakeholders to create opportunities for affordable housing development.
Represents the City to the public and in internal and external stakeholder work groups, effectively building relationships with customers, partners, and investors.
Represents the City in Regional Strategic Planning efforts working with other cities and Jefferson County on affordable housing work.
Presents new projects and advocates for approval before City Council.
Works with diverse communities in conjunction with industry partners and affordable housing residents.
Monitors any future City-funded housing projects for compliance with funding agreements.
Supports preservation of existing and/or naturally occurring affordable housing by advocating for either direct acquisition or partnership with other housing entities.
Identifies properties at risk of redevelopment or ownership transfer that may result in displacement of residents.
Builds relationships with local landlords/property owners and housing organizations/entities as part of the preservation effort.
Oversees all city-owned properties being used for the purpose of affordable housing, including establishing and maintaining a property management agreement, directing revenue and expenses, and being a resource for residents.
Creates and preserves existing affordable housing options and connects residents at any income level to new housing opportunities through programs such as down payment assistance, rental assistance or housing counseling services.
Monitors existing and upcoming housing legislative and funding opportunities.
Identifies and applies for funding opportunities which may enhance the efforts to support affordable housing work in the City of Golden.
Recommends policy/program additions or modifications which might better position the City to take advantage of these programs and funding opportunities.
Assists in planning, development, implementation and management of program strategies, policies, procedures, goals and performance measures; tracks and reports on the progress of goals and performance measures; makes recommendations for changes or improvements to achieve desired outcomes.
Collaborates and coordinates closely with partner entities, including state and regional agencies, land trusts, housing authorities and private developers as well as City Homeless Navigator, Public Safety, Parks, Courts, City Manager’s Office, City Attorney’s Office, Planning Division, Economic Development, Golden Urban Renewal (GURA), Golden Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and other city staff and work systems to accomplish city goals and objectives.