Youth Permanent Housing Navigator

Covenant House New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

PTO & holidays

403b

Job summary

Covenant House New York is seeking a Housing Navigator Specialist to lead the Housing Navigation Program funded by HUD, coordinating vouchers to secure permanent housing for CHNY youth. You will work across sites with case managers, mental health staff, and education/employment specialists.

The role requires experience with City FHEPS and Section 8 programs, strong communication skills, and a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset to co-create new housing processes.

Qualifications

• Experience with youth and housing programs, including City FHEPS, Section 8 voucher programs, and other city, state or federal vouchers strongly preferred.
• Excellent written, oral and reading skills required.
• Ability to be entrepreneurial and pro-active, and an interest in helping to co-create new programs, systems and processes required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience working directly with young people through approaches that emphasize resiliency, strength based youth development, and trauma informed care required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a caseload of 20 young adults providing them with housing services that include aftercare services and developing individualized service plan toward permanent housing
• Aftercare support will include referrals to wrap around services such as mental health, medical, educational and employment and support around budgeting and rental payments
• Work closely with CHNY teams and externals providers in the continuum to ensure referrals and enrollment benchmarks are met
• Secure permanent housing for young adults utilizing Section 8, CityFHEPS, Federal, State or any other city issued vouchers to source apartments in the community
• Attend all COC HUD Navigator trainings and meetings internally and with external City and state agency partners
• Lead for technical assistance to program teams regarding voucher applications, processes and outcomes
• Lead in working with program teams around housing plan and housing search
• Escort youth to any housing related searches and/ or housing appointments as needed
• Lead liaison with working and building relationships with brokers and landlords; reviewing and signing of lease
• Conduct housing inspections, either in-person or virtually, as needed for CHNY youth
• Trained in utilizing CAPS, Soars and CHNY ETO systems and any other identified data system
• Provide program teams with information regarding preparation and submission of lease packet and benefits for which youth are eligible (e.g., Enhanced One Shot Deals); review lease packets as needed
• Maintain internal tracking of all activities
• Provide education on tenant rights, responsibilities, and housing processes.
• Coordinate apartment searches, interviews, and applications.
• Navigate rental subsidy and inspection processes.
• Secure move-in assistance and coordinate with landlords.
• Assist with landlord applications, broker fees, security vouchers, and moving expenses.
• Perform other duties as needed and assigned

Skills

Youth housing experience

Multitasking

Strong communication

Trauma-informed care

Leadership

Empathy

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Covenant House New York is seeking a Housing Navigator Specialist to lead the Housing Navigation Program funded by HUD, coordinating vouchers to secure permanent housing for CHNY youth. You will work across sites with case managers, mental health staff, and education/employment specialists.

The role requires experience with City FHEPS and Section 8 programs, strong communication skills, and a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset to co-create new housing processes.