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Housing SpecialistCity of Grand Prairie, TX • Grand Prairie, TX, United States
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Housing Specialist

Housing Specialist

City of Grand Prairie, TX • Grand Prairie, TX, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Housing Specialist

We are looking for a Housing Specialist to join our Housing Team! We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth and development. Our team is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, where all employees feel valued and respected. The purpose of this position is to determine eligibility and assist participants for the Section 8 Program. This is accomplished by maintaining tenants' files; issuing vouchers to eligible applicants; completing family briefing; performing rent calculations and determining eligibility. Other duties include maintaining waiting list; and interacting with other City employees and citizens.

Essential Job Functions

  • Maintains tenants' files by entering information in the computer; ensuring that files are in order and complete; sending required verification; and maintaining new contracts and rent increases.
  • Issues vouchers to eligible applicants by determining the size of the voucher based on the subsidy standards; and monitoring vouchers that are issued and expired.
  • Completes family briefing by conducting individual or group meetings to review current family status on income, allowances, and family compositions; reviewing HUD regulations and policies pertaining to the program; explaining grounds for termination of assistance; addressing tenants on issues regarding eviction notices and court orders; and locating a suitable unit and leases it.
  • Performs rent calculations and determines eligibility by computing annual income based on family composition, income, allowances, utility allowances, and contract rent; and calculating tenants rent based on their income to see if the qualify for rent amounts in accordance to Federal rent calculation computation.
  • Maintains the waiting list by contacting applicants on the Section 8 waiting list; interviewing the family to determine eligibility in accordant to administrative and regulatory requirements of the Section 8 Program; reviewing waiting list monthly; verifying status and placement of families on waiting list to determine eligibility or continued interest in the program.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with a two year associate's degree, diploma or equivalent from a college, technical, business, vocational, or correspondence school. Appropriate certification may be awarded upon satisfactory completion of advanced study or training.
  • Experience: Over one year up to and including two years.
  • Valid Texas Class C Driver's License
  • Ability to read papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
  • Ability to deal with system of real numbers; practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions and measurement. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
  • Ability to write simple sentences containing subject, verb, and object, and/or series of numbers, names, and addresses. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
  • Receives general direction: The employee normally performs the job by following established standard operating procedures and/or policies. The employee may choose the appropriate procedure or policy. Performance is reviewed periodically.
  • Work involves choices of action within limits set by standard practices and procedures. Professional judgment is required to apply the proper course of action.
  • Discussion Very Frequent: More than 51% of work time.
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