Who: City of Chicago
Under the direction of the Department of Housing (DOH) Deputy Commissioner for Housing Preservation, manages the implementation of housing preservation programs promoting community wealth building, home ownership, and opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) developers, contractors, and potential homeowners. This includes oversight of vendor contracts for fiscal monitoring of housing preservation use of grant funds, developing grant budgets, and quarterly reports, as well as strategic planning of grant implementation pilot projects. This role will be responsible for the coordination of services with City departments such as Department of Buildings (DOB), Department of Law (DOL), Cook County Land Bank Authority (CCLBA), and managing and coordinating team partner activities for greater collaborative impact on low to moderate income communities addressed through all housing preservation programs
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Works across all housing preservation programs to identify synergistic opportunities to work with courts, municipal departments, and delegate agencies to identify acquisition opportunities for all housing preservation program participants
- Builds participation from BIPOC developers and contractors, and creates programs to encourage their growth and support
- Identifies pathways for acquisition of vacant, abandoned, and troubled buildings and works with DOL
- Creates acquisition processes and flow charts based on the problems associated with encumbered assets in collaboration with debt forgiveness initiatives
- Coordinates the opportunities for building acquisition across programs, departments, and delegates
- Engages with Troubled Building Initiative (TBI) partner Chicago Investment Corp (CIC) to understand opportunities for acquisition. Conducts regular weekly meetings outside of the monthly TBI meetings to discuss parcels and likelihood of acquisition
- Engages with Micro Market Recovery Program (MMRP), Rebuild, and Community Receiver program partners to understand targets and priority areas for development. Understands the boundaries, target areas, and goals for each program
- Researches properties identified as vacant and abandoned and works with CCLBA, CIC, MMRP Partners, the private market, and others to signal available inventory coming into the market
- Identifies opportunities for multi-family and mixed-use properties
- Serves as the liaison with DPD corridor managers, MMRP Community Partners, CIC, and other community stakeholders to best understand where opportunities for the Tax Increment Financing Purchase Rehabilitation Program (TIF PR) might exist
Additional duties may be required for this position
Address: 121 N LaSalle St., 10th Floor
Days: Monday – Friday (occasional weekend hours may be required)
Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm (occasional evening hours may be required)
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in Public or Business Administration, Social Sciences, Planning, or a directly related field, supplemented by three years of progressively responsible experience in program administration, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
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