Property Manager

The Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority offers an exceptional benefits package for fulltime employees that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance; Retirement plan through OPERS and 457 compensation plan; 10 days of vacation that begins on your date of hire; 15 sick days, 15 paid holidays, 2 personal days and a self-care day. Join an organization where our employees are passionate about making a difference in the lives of our residents and clients. We are an agency that is a great place to work with a team-oriented atmosphere.

The Property Manager is responsible for overseeing the physical condition, management, financial performance, and quality of life for residents while complying with HUD and LMHA regulations. The Property Manager may be cross trained to oversee a variety of properties, including public housing family sites, public housing high rises, public housing scattered sites, project based Section 8 New Construction buildings, Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties, or market rate units.

• Supervises, trains and orients staff; conducts performance evaluations of staff and issues corrective action as needed.
• Ultimately responsible for ensuring apartments are leased on a timely basis and project achieves highest possible occupancy at all times.
• Responsible to ensure vacated units are shown to applicants.
• Enforces lease agreements by various means, including issuing late notices, Notices to Cure, Notices of Lease Termination, Notices to Leave the Premises, court orders, and by conducting one-on-one counseling to enable the resident to become compliant.
• Testifies on behalf of LMHA in housing court proceedings.
• Conducts annual and interim recertification interviews.
• Computes rents and completes initial certifications for new tenants and annual/interim recertifications for existing tenants in accordance with HUD regulations/guidance and LMHA policy.
• Conducts housing inspections in accordance with Uniform Physical Conditions Standards (UPCS), including initial housing inspections within 30-60 days of move in, various forms of special housing inspections, and grounds inspections.
• Understands goals of the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) and strives to achieve high performer scores for the Project.
• Reviews monthly rent rolls for accuracy and reconciles tenant accounts receivable (TARs) on a monthly basis.
• Completes a summary of vacated tenant accounts within 30 days of move out.
• Strives to successfully resolves issues/problems among residents of various age, race, gender, ethnicity, disabilities, income levels, familial status.
• Handles tenant-related paperwork such as landlord statements, letters, transfer requests, requests for accommodations or modifications, VAWA, etc.
• Interprets regulations, guidance, policies and procedures and ensures consistent application of and compliance with regulations and ordinances of HUD, State of Ohio, LMHA and local jurisdictions in the enforcement of the lease and management of the Project.
• Ensures that the Maintenance Manager monitors and properly maintains work orders, consumable inventory, tools, and equipment and implements the Preventive Maintenance program.
• Oversees procurement of materials, services, and office supplies via LMHA approved vendors and in a manner consistent with the LMHA procurement policy.
• In conjunction with the Maintenance Manager, establishes work schedules and ensures access to units for refurbishing vacant units, extermination, inspections, contracted services, preventive maintenance, modernization, etc. in an expeditious manner.
• Builds, develops, and fosters quality relationships with external customers, such as resident families, community-based service providers, local government, judicial system, and HUD.
• Participates in creation of budgets for the Project and Capital Fund Program planning.
• Responsible for monitoring and managing the budget for the project.
• Holds informal hearings and attends formal hearings, as required.
• Ensures confidentiality of information is maintained among project staff.
• Ensures compliance with all safety requirements at the Project: creates and follows-up on accident/incident reports; holds monthly safety meetings.
• Participates in the interviewing and hiring process of new staff; trains, supervises and assesses performance of Maintenance Manager, Assistant Managers, Maintenance Technician, and Building Monitors, and other part-time/full-time employees, where applicable.
• May be required to post inventory on work orders, ensure work orders are complete, accurate and closed.
• Required to comply with Records Retention Policies.

Secondary Duties:

• Performs duties of other staff in their absence, as needed.
• Attends meetings with staff, coworkers, contractors, consultants, service providers, collaborative partners, HUD personnel, and the general public, as needed.
• Participates in ongoing training, as required.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements:

Associate’s Degree and a minimum of four (4) years of property management experience that included at least one (1) year of supervisory experience. Experience managing low-income housing tax credit properties and/or multi-family properties is desirable. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered. Previous experience in private or public sector Property Management helpful.

Must possess and maintain valid Ohio driver’s license and be insurable by LMHA’s vehicle insurance carrier; if current driver’s license is not from Ohio, must obtain Ohio’s driver’s license within 14 days of employment. Must possess a Public Housing Property Management Certification from a qualified training institution.

Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination is required.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AUTHORITY

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $61,692.80 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $61,693