Housing Counselor - SCC

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is seeking a qualified individual to work as a Housing Counselor for our St. Clair County office. The Housing Counselor will provide assistance through advocacy and counseling services for rental, delinquency, pre-purchase home buying classes, mortgage default and post occupancy issues.

The Housing Counselor will perform a general assessment of client housing issues and provide relevant housing assistance, develop and maintain working relationships with HUD, realtors, lenders, social service agencies, and other housing counseling agencies. The Housing Counselor will become familiar with the HUD website and how to file an on-line housing discrimination complaint. Keep abreast of new developments in housing market including knowledge of federal, state, and local programs to assist homeless individuals. Distribute housing assistance funds per guidelines and regulations. Conduct pre-purchase homebuyer workshops in accordance with program requirements as to frequency, location, and number of clients to be served under the contract. Provide prescreening of clients who consider entering into the homebuyer market to help them evaluate their credit worthiness. Work one-on-one with clients as needed to assist them with rectifying credit issues, financial coaching and/or assisting them through the lending process. Identify and recruit workshop presenters and other resources to enhance training sessions. Document all services rendered; prepare required reports.

Qualified individuals must have excellent customer service skills, the ability to communicate ideas and instructions orally and in writing, and have the ability to write reports and business correspondence.

Candidates must have 6 to 12 months experience as a Housing Counselor or Housing Intake Specialist. Experience working with disadvantaged and low-income clients is a plus.

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