Housing Specialist

Housing Authority of Shreveport•Shreveport, LA

19d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport (HACS) provides quality affordable housing to low-income families and individuals through the effective and efficient administration of housing assistance programs. Job Duties include but are not limited to: promoting full utilization of vouchers facilitating landlord and tenant relations determining program eligibility of applicants conduct annual and interim certifications conducting briefings and lease up rent reasonableness studies portability management reporting to HUD on program activities quality control measures such as review of waiting lists, tenant files, and lease- up rates, to ensure compliance with all housing authority procedures and HUD regulations.

Requirements

Calculate tenant rent for admission, interim, annual and special re-examinations with accuracy and efficiency
Responsible for maintaining client physical & cloud based case files and records with accuracy and efficiency; review case files for program compliance to assure all documentation, information and signatures are current and consistent, complete, and accurate as required by the Housing Authority, HUD policies and regulations, and all other applicable Federal, State and local laws
Review landlord/tenant dwelling leases and supporting documentation for program compliance; prepare and execute Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts between the Housing Authority and participating landlord/owner with accuracy and efficiency
Determine initial contract rent, and amount of allowable annual increases
Perform administrative/record-keeping functions including maintenance of participant files, completion of HUD/agency forms on rent reasonableness, and assist in design and implementation of inspection and inspection-related forms, procedures, and control systems
High School Diploma
Two years experience in case management.

Responsibilities

promoting full utilization of vouchers
facilitating landlord and tenant relations
determining program eligibility of applicants
conduct annual and interim certifications
conducting briefings and lease up
rent reasonableness studies
portability management
reporting to HUD on program activities
quality control measures such as review of waiting lists, tenant files, and lease- up rates, to ensure compliance with all housing authority procedures and HUD regulations