Section 8 Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Position Open: June 25, 2026

Position Close: July 11, 2026

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Position: Section 8 Specialist

Salary: $52,020 - $58,685

Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA)

Nashville, TN

MDHA serves Nashville and Davidson County. Its mission is to create affordable housing options, support neighborhoods, strengthen communities, and help build a better Nashville.

MDHA employs over 300 staff members, has a budget of $215 million, and houses approximately 30,000 people, primarily through nearly 8,000 Section 8 Vouchers and over 6,800 apartments, which are mainly Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) units, at 39 properties. MDHA is a housing authority, a community development agency, and a redevelopment agency.

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Director of Rental Assistance, to determine the eligibility of applicants and participants for all programs administered by the Rental Assistance Department; to provide support in various procedures relating to initial eligibility, initial lease-ups, re-examinations, transfers, terminations, and do related work as required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Program Oversight

• Initiates, schedules and implements process for initial interviews, voucher issuance, initial lease-ups, re-examinations, and terminations.
• Explains policies, procedures and disseminates other rental assistance information to landlords, Tenants, and applicants
• Generate contracts, interim changes, re-certifications, form letters, and other client information and/or correspondence.
• Enters client data into the computer software program to document changes in participant status.
• Prepares new files for HCV participants relocating from one unit to another unit.
• Assists in the collection of data for rent reasonableness, utility costs, and general market data; assists in owner and family disputes;
• Prepares material for hearings; conducts briefings
• Compiles reports as needed;
• As requested, I will assist in the preparation and analysis of SEMAP, RIM Review responses, and corrective action plans.
• Refers program participants to services offered by other community-based organizations.
• Coordinates with landlords and participants to facilitate occupancy and resolve landlord tenant processes Request for Tenancy Approval and changes to lease; initiates inspection requests.
• Coordinates the execution of leases and Housing Assistance Payments Contracts;
• Updates computer in order to release or stop Housing Assistance Payments;

Computation Skills

• Initiate steps necessary to verify income, assets and expenses of applicants and participants;
• Identifies errors in rent calculations and initiates measures to collect rent overpayment from participants.
• Compute subsidy payments and/or total tenant payments (TTP) in accordance to established HUD formulas from income data obtained in interviews and investigations .
• Calculates and/or prorates applicant’s net income, rent, and utility allowances concurrent with the applicant’s acceptance of housing

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

Regulatory Expertise

• Knowledge of affordable housing rules and regulations; knowledge of Housing and Urban Development rules and regulations; knowledge of landlord and tenant rights; knowledge of rental and home-ownership principles; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with applicants, participants, landlords, lenders, other housing providers, and other members of the public; ability to perform mathematical functions accurately.

Organization Skills:

• Ability to follow and maintain instruction; strong organizational skills;
• ability to manage time effectively and meet critical deadlines;
• ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships;
• ability to be tactful, discreet, and non-judgmental;

Education, Experience & Other Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Behavioral Science or related field plus three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in affordable housing, property management or related field.
• Must obtain program certification within twelve (12) months of hire date.
• Valid Tennessee driver’s license