Senior Community Manager - Affordable Housing

Fairstead is a purpose-driven real estate firm dedicated to building affordable communities across the country. Headquartered in New York, with offices in Colorado, Florida, and Washington DC, Fairstead owns and manages a portfolio of more than 27,000 apartments across 28 states. As an integrated owner, operator, and innovator, Fairstead brings development, construction, and property management under one unified platform to deliver high-quality affordable housing that serves our residents at scale.

At Fairstead, we believe affordable housing should be thoughtfully designed, professionally managed, and responsibly operated. We seek to create and preserve housing that serves residents while delivering long-term value to communities, partners, and stakeholders. Fairstead challenges industry norms through our tech-forward, entrepreneurial approach to affordable housing. In addition to core real estate capabilities, we operate innovative service lines designed to improve resident outcomes, strengthen communities, and drive operational efficiency.

We embrace digital transformation, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies, including AI, to build scalable systems that support sustainable growth, grounded in a culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, partnership, dedication, and integrity.

The Senior Community Manager oversees, plans, and manages the day-to-day operations of properties in their portfolio. They are responsible for managing all on-site compliance activities and for the overall performance of the portfolio, which includes direct oversight of the marketing program and financial performance.

• Ensure adherence to laws relating to leasing, including but not limited to Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Fair Housing, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act.
• Remains compliant and knowledgeable in all aspects of the HUD 4350.3 Handbook.
• Develops responses to regulatory agencies in coordination with the Compliance Department.
• Implements intervention strategies with Regional Managers and Compliance Department for tenants who are non-compliant with lease/compliance requirements.
• Prepares all site REAC reviews, EHS violations cleared, Management and Occupancy Reviews (MOR), Investor Site Reviews, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Reviews, and performs annual and interim recertification reviews.
• Assists tenants with requests, questions, problems, and complaints.
• Monitors tenant and complex wide arrears and litigation cases.
• Attends monthly arrears meeting.
• Documents lease violations and coordinates evictions.
• Directs collection of monthly rents and late fees, processes applications and pursues delinquencies through legal action and eviction. Monitors bad-debt write-offs. Alerts staff of move ins, move outs, and any emergencies.
• Supervises, directs, and monitors the preventive, routine and emergency maintenance/repairs and is compliant with all regulations.
• Consistently works to clear HPD (Housing Preservation and Development), ECB, DOB violations.
• Coordinates vendor bids and contractor quotes.
• Conducts and documents unit inspections.
• Conducts bi-annual walk-throughs with Building Superintendent.
• Creates reports for review to ensure all buildings under the PM’s responsibility are properly maintained and building needs are appropriately noted, planned for, and addressed.
• Attends weekly construction meeting.
• Provides and obtains updates on various ongoing construction projects/unit renovations.
• Works with construction team on avoiding violations, inspections, necessary access.
• Prepares monthly financial cover sheet.
• Attends monthly financial catch-up meeting and monitors budgets.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Generous employer contribution for Medical Insurance through Meritain Health.
• Employer Paid Vision Plans.
• Company Matched 401(k) Retirement Plan: 100% of the first 3%; 50% of the next 2%.
• 12+ paid Holidays.
• 15 days of PTO.
• 7 Sick days.
• Employer Paid Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Nationwide Pet Insurance.
• Disability Insurance.
• Laser Correction Discount.
• Employee Discounts on appliances, apparel, and more.

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