Stipend AmeriCorps VISTA Opportunity

Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, NOAH, is seeking a dedicated AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America member to serve as a Rental Homelessness Prevention and Emergency Housing Assistant.

NOAH's Housing Stability programming helps Boston residents maintain or obtain their own apartment homes. There is a focus on serving current tenants who are being displaced or who are vulnerable to dislocation, overcrowding, unaffordable rents within the next 90 days. Additionally, as its secondary goal, this service line supports lower-income homeless households in locating either immediate shelter or new affordable housing.

The members duties will focus on helping strengthen the housing stability program to assist clients in avoiding homelessness or helping homeless residents in securing housing/shelter; including: Creating/maintaining database of available units & researching new apartment listings twice weekly; document current service-system, make suggestions for improvements; revise/develop program handbook; edit client documents; translate materials into other languages; assist in client data tracking & reporting & client outreach/scheduling; research new hotels to shelter newly homeless; research resources for food, utility assistance, heating assistance, rental arrearage payments, furniture, & other non-profit agencies or shelters; develop chart for housing search resources; update Client Resources Handbook; & develop tool for the housing search process in Boston.

For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits