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Job Description

About HPD:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the nation’s largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s 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 City’s 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.

Your Team:

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.

At HPD, rent subsidy programs are administered by the Division of Tenant & Owner Resources (DTOR). HPD’s rental subsidies, including Section 8 or the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, provide funding to eligible low-income 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:

HPD's 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 40,000 households and 9,000 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 selected candidate will serve as Deputy Director of Project-based Voucher Intake within the Subsidy Intake unit of the Division of Tenant and Owner Resources in the Office of Housing Access and Stability, reporting to and working closely with the Director of Project-based Applications and Leasing. The selected candidate for the Deputy Director position will be responsible to manage the Coordinators of the unit. Together with the Coordinators, they will train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; oversee, review and approve disciplinary actions for personnel according to HPD’s established policies and procedures.

The Deputy Director will ensure compliance with HPD policies, local laws and HUD’s regulations. The incumbent will be responsible for all activities associated with the day-to-day operation of the Project-Based Application and Leasing unit, whose work is to determine the eligibility of applicants for rent subsidy program participation, briefing applicants on their responsibilities, and lease up eligible households with rental assistance and begin subsidy payments to owners.

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 operations, improve productivity and staff development.

The Deputy Director will establish and maintain effective working relationships among staff, clients and the general public. They will ensure operational effectiveness and compliance with policies and procedures. The Deputy Director will facilitate the process of submitting applications to HPD’s rent subsidy programs with other departments and outside agencies. Maintain strong working relationships with external stakeholders.

The selected candidate will be responsible for responding to inquiries from property owners, tenants, the general public, elected officials and other governmental entities. Other responsibilities include communicating courteously with applicants by telephone, email, paper correspondence and face to face; investigating and solving applicants' problems, which may be complex or long-standing problems. Additionally, the selected candidate should obtain full knowledge of the Federal Section 8 program, as well as other HPD administered rent subsidy programs and the data systems required to administer them.

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 multi-task

• Strong computer knowledge (Word, Excel and Access)

• Strong Organizational Skills

• Exceptional project management, organizational, analytical, quantitative and qualitative skills.

• Comfortable self-starting assigned projects

• Knowledge of Rental Subsidies or Section 8 Subsidy Preferred

• Management experience

Additional Information

NOTE:

NYC residency

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.

Qualifications

1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three years of full-time 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 State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of full-time 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.