Housing officers supervise the day-to-day maintenance and management of rented properties that belong to local authorities or housing associations.

As a housing officer, your tasks will typically include:

- Allocating vacant accommodation
- Overseeing property exchanges
- Carrying out regular inspections to make sure all properties are in a good state of repair
- Assessing the needs of people applying for housing
- Dealing with issues such as anti-social behaviour, squatters and broken tenancy agreements
- Referring tenants to appropriate sources of benefits and welfare advice
- Setting rents and dealing with payments and arrears
- Arranging for legal action to be taken when other forms of rent recovery have failed
- Processing statistical information and preparing reports
- Supporting tenants’ groups, and attending their meetings as a council representative.
- You will work closely with other agencies, such as social services departments and welfare rights organisations

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