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The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the nations largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality and affordability in the citys housing and diversity and strength in the citys neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.
HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness Mayor Adams comprehensive housing framework. HPD is committed to reducing administrative and regulatory barriers and make investments to tackle New York Citys complex housing crisis by addressing homelessness and housing instability promoting economic stability and mobility increasing homeownership opportunities improving health and safety and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.
The Office of Housing Access and Stability (HAS) consists of the divisions of Housing Opportunity Tenant and Owner Resources Housing Stability Budget and Program Operations and Program Policy and Innovation. The mission of the office is to ensure fair efficient and transparent access to affordable housing. The Office provides subsidies placement services and tools that connect New Yorkers to affordable housing and ensures vulnerable households in subsidized housing have the support they need to be safely housed. Housing Access is committed to expanding housing choices affirmatively furthering fair housing and stabilizing the financial health of buildings.
Your Team:
At HPD rent subsidy programs are administered by the Division of Tenant & Owner Resources (DTOR). HPDs rental subsidies including Section 8 or the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program provide funding to eligible lowincome 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.
Your Impact:
HPDs Division of Tenant & Owner Resources (DTOR) is responsible for the administration of rental subsidy programs that include Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Project Based Voucher (PBV) Moderate Rehab Section 8 Moderate Rehab Single Room Occupancy (SRO) and Continuum of Care (CoC)Shelter Plus Care (SPC) and NYC 15/15. Through these programs HPD serves over 40000 households and 9000 landlords in all five boroughs. DTOR is responsible for the initial application screening; confirming eligibility requirements; briefing applicants; and issuing vouchers. DTOR also monitors tenant and landlord compliance of their obligations under each program and continues to administer the ongoing subsidies throughout their participation. These continued activities include processing annual and interim recertifications to update family income/assets household composition and rent amounts; tenant moves and transfers; approved rent increases; Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) abatements and reinstatements to enforce Housing Quality.
Your Role:
The Deputy Director will ensure compliance with HPD and HUDs regulations regarding the annual recertification of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Enhanced voucher programs. The incumbent will be responsible for all activities associated with the daytoday operation of the Continued Occupancy unit.
Under the direction of the Director with latitude for independent judgement initiative and decision making the Deputy Director will develop and implement strategies to enhance case management operations improve productivity and staff development.
The Deputy Director will establish and maintain effective working relationships among staff participants and the general public. Ensure operational effectiveness and compliance with policies and procedures. Facilitate HPDs Section 8 programs with other department and outside agencies. Maintain strong working relationships with external stakeholders. The selected candidate will be responsible responding to inquiries from landlords tenants the general public elected officials and other governmental entities. Other responsibilities include: communicating courteously with participants by telephone email paper correspondence and face to face; investigating and solving participants problems which may be complex or longstanding problems. Additionally the selected candidate should obtain full knowledge of the Federal Section 8 program as well as HPD programs and data systems.
The selected candidate for the Deputy Director position will be responsible to train supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; oversee review and approve disciplinary actions for personnel according to HPDs established policies and procedures.
Additional responsibilities include managing special projects representing the division at both internal and external meetings tracking and responding to inquiries and working with the senior management team to implement and maintain best practice operations. The candidate must have excellent communication and problem solving skills.
Preferred skills:
Strong communication skills both oral and written
Ability to effectively multitask
Strong computer knowledge (Word Excel and Access)
Strong Organizational Skills
Exceptional project management organizational analytical quantitative and qualitative skills.
Comfortable selfstarting assigned projects
Knowledge of Rental Subsidies or Section 8 Subsidy Preferred
Bilingual a Plus
Qualifications :
1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three years of fulltime satisfactory professional experience in the development appraisal financing negotiation or disposition of real estate or in real estate law or in urban planning or analytical or coordination work related to housing programs; or
2. A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of fulltime satisfactory experience as described in 1 above; or
3.A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. Graduate study in the field of urban studies city planning business or public administration finance architecture engineering or other related fields may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience on the basis of 30 credits equaling one year of experience. Graduation from an accredited law school may be substituted for one year of the required experience. However all candidates must have at least two years of experience as described above.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
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