Housing Specialist

Our Philosophy of Service

We believe all people have the right to adequate housing and health care. We work to remove the barriers that restrict access to these rights. Society benefits when adequate housing and health care are available to everyone. We create lasting solutions to homelessness by:

• Honoring the inherent dignity of those we serve, affirming their capabilities and fostering their hope that a better life is possible.
• Building strong, caring and trauma-informed communities through the integration of housing, health care and supportive services.
• Advocating for social and racial equity, inclusion and diversity, and challenging the status quo in partnership with our workforce members and those we serve.
• Achieving excellence through continuous quality assurance, innovation and professional development.
• Using resources judiciously and effectively.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless currently seeks a Housing Specialist who is responsible for collaboratively addressing the housing stability needs of program participants and ensuring housing program integrity. This will include working with other CCH staff members and outside agencies to ensure (1) ongoing housing stability of program participants (2) HUD housing program compliance that includes the management of housing files and databases.

• Valid driver’s license required. This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business.

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.

• Researches, monitors, and properly interprets HUD rules and regulations for various housing programs. These programs may include HOME TBRA, Permanent Supportive Housing, Emergency Solutions Grant, Housing Choice Voucher, State Housing Voucher and others.
• Conducts housing orientations, Housing Quality Standards inspections, lease-ups, tenant conferences, annual re certifications, interim re certifications and calculates repayment agreements for housing programs maintaining a case load will be 100 - 150 households.
• Outreaches and engages program participants on an as needed basis. This may include meeting with program participants in the office, on the streets, in the shelters, at places of employment, or in their rental units to ensure housing program activities are completed.
• Identifies and collaboratively resolves conflicts with and between landlords, program participants, case managers. This will include rent and lease negotiations per CCH procedures.
• Collaborates with case managers, other CCH staff, and outside agencies as necessary, to ensure housing stability for the household.
• Coordinates with the CCH Accounting department and/or the Division of Housing to ensure that paperwork is completed in an accurate and timely manner; including the monthly housing assistance accounting report.
• Demonstrates competency in and maintains housing databases. This may include data entry into multiple systems; HMIS, File Maker, Elite, and others.
• Actively participates in appropriate team meetings and meets regularly with manager for one-on-one supervision.
• Conducts household rent calculations in accordance with funder and HUD regulations. This will include documenting (1) income verification (2) payment standards/FMRs (3) utility allowances (4) contract rents (5) total tenant payments (6)…