Position Available
The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is hiring a Housing Counselor. The position entails providing advocacy and assistance to unemployed and lower income persons facing problems with mortgage foreclosure and other programs to aid unemployed and poor people.
The Foreclosure Prevention Counselor will assist homeowners with appeal hearings for denials of state mortgage assistance (HEMAP Program). The advocate will work with homeowners caught in predatory or sub prime mortgages to improve their long term chances of maintaining their homes. S/he will work with homeowners through the Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program.
The Counselor will assist in involving clients in efforts by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project to win reforms in programs of importance to the unemployed such as foreclosure prevention and other issues as they develop.
Qualifications: Committed to economic justice. Good people skills. Experience in housing counseling or community organizing would be ideal but not necessary. BA preferred.
Excellent salary, commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits, including fully paid health insurance, dental, eye glass plan, 403(b) pension, liberal holiday and vacation days.
Send resumes to Philadelphia Unemployment Project, 112 N. Broad St 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Fax 215-557-6981 or email to Erodriguez@philaup.org.
The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is a non-profit HUD approved housing counseling agency.
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