Housing Choices helps our clients – individuals with developmental disabilities – to pursue independent living through housing opportunities. Your job would be to help our clients select and apply to the best housing options for them. We see housing as a foundation for all other aspects of independent living, and our efforts are integral to helping our clients achieve housing stability. You’ll collaborate as part of a tight-knit team of Housing Coordinators, while leading many aspects of the Housing Coordination program with your clients: performing intakes of new clients, helping clients along their path to housing, and assisting them to move in. You’ll regularly marshall different resources for your clients, including family, social service, legal, and financial assistance. You’ll support clients through their applications to both temporary and long-term housing opportunities. Each client has specific needs, and you’ll help them find options that fit their requirements. Once clients have secured housing, you’ll be an essential aid, helping them budget and plan for move-in expenses and ongoing rent payments. Once your client is approved for housing, you will guide clients through understanding their lease agreements as well as helping them to understand their rights.
