April Housing

Compliance

• Set the overall compliance strategy and property-level compliance standards for the company’s portfolio, ensuring adherence to LIHTC, HUD, Section 8, HOME, and other affordable housing programs and provide strategic leadership to the compliance and leasing teams within the organization’s property management partners.
• Manage and lead a high-performing team of compliance professionals; define roles, workloads and quality expectations, and provide coaching and performance management.
• Develop and implement compliance policies, procedures, and tools to ensure all properties meet local, state, and federal affordable housing regulations.
• Lead the development and delivery of compliance training programs for internal staff, property managers, and external partners.
• Design and oversee a risk-based program for internal compliance audits including periodic reviews of resident files, ensuring that occupancy, income certifications, and rent restrictions meet program requirements.
• Review and approve compliance-related components of new acquisitions and resyndications (e.g., unit mix, set-asides, income limits) and support lease-up compliance strategies for new projects.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for regulatory agencies, including state housing authorities, HUD, and other affordable housing program administrators.
• Identify property-level compliance risks and develop strategies to mitigate those risks.
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior leadership on compliance activities, audit results, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Stay informed of changes to affordable housing laws and regulations, and ensure the company’s policies and procedures reflect those changes.

Director, Affordable Housing Compliance

Director

• The Director of Construction will report to the Vice President of Construction and CapEx
• The Director of Construction coordinates closely with the Asset Management team to set priorities and define scopes appropriate to the business plan
• Evaluate property conditions to identify long & short-term risks, deficiencies and maintenance issues
• Develop comprehensive plans to address issues and maintain properties to April standards
• Guide the development of CapEx budgets for underwriting new acquisitions including reviewing and incorporating input from multiple consultants
• Work closely with our property management teams to support initiatives, policies, processes and uphold April standards
• Manage the efforts of property management companies and their construction management teams in the timely execution of the budgets
• Lead the preparation of property-specific capital plans and annual budgets
• Bear responsibility for execution of project plans and adherence to budgets
• Provide value-engineering guidance as plans/projects are developing
• Utilize expertise to find cost-effective and innovative solutions to unexpected problems
• Generally manage construction processes: Identify and prepare scopes of work, identify bidders, bid work, analyze bids, create and execute contracts, monitor permitting, coordinate work, inspect completed work and manage close-out process
• Develop and maintain successful client relationships with the property management companies, national vendors consultants and industry partners
• Manage and coordinate work & needs of a variety of contractors, sub-contractors, architects, engineers, consultants, AHJ’s, housing authorities and state agencies
• Maintain data integrity in the assigned company systems to track budgets, forecast costs, and track project status & schedules
• Verify the quality of finished work meets expectations set forth within the project scope and meets April standards
• Provides technical guidance as an expert in the field
• Develop and guide innovative solutions to improve department and company efficiency

Director, Affordable Housing Compliance

Director, Construction