Housing Counselor for Homeownership

The Housing Counselor is an exempt position that works with Dry Creek Rancheria homeowners and families wishing to buy their first homes and DCR homeowners. The Housing Counselor provides program coordination of homeownership education services and represents the
Housing Department to a diverse group of clients, community partners, and stakeholders. The Housing Counselor works with the Housing Director, Housing Administrator, and other staff to
plan, develop, and support homebuyer education workshops and other special projects, including foreclosure prevention, mortgage refinancing, mutual self-help, ADU financing, and solar energy production.

The Housing Counselor will provide client assistance that addresses unique financial circumstances or housing issues and focuses on ways of overcoming specific obstacles to achieving a housing goal, such as repairing credit, addressing a rental dispute, purchasing a home, locating cash for a down payment, finding affordable units accessible to persons with
disabilities, avoiding foreclosure, or resolving a financial crisis. Except for reverse mortgage counseling, all counseling shall involve the creation of an action plan. This position has regular business hours but occasionally requires work on evenings and weekends.