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Housing Officers

Housing officers assess and address housing needs of particular localities and individuals and oversee the day-to-day management of rented properties belonging to local authorities or housing associations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£11,100
£25,967
£37,126

New workers start around £11,100. Normal pay is £25,967 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £37,126.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 100,266 vacancies for this type of job

6.10%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Works closely with other agencies such as social services departments and welfare rights groups.

  • Supports tenants’ groups.

  • Deals with payment of rents and arrears, arranges for legal action where necessary.

  • Refers tenants to appropriate sources of benefits and welfare.

  • Ensures that special needs accommodation is suited to the needs of particular groups such as the elderly and disabled, and that statutory requirements for providing accommodation are met.

  • Carries out regular inspections of properties to assess and ensure they are in a good state of repair.

  • Interviews prospective tenants and allocates properties to waiting list applicants.

  • Oversees the day-to-day running of rented properties including arranging for the signing of leases, rent collection and maintenance work.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Anti-Social Behaviour

  • Supportive Housing

  • Property Management

  • Social Work

  • Risk Analysis

  • Mental Health

  • Property Inspection

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Legislation

  • Auditing

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Customer Service

  • Problem Solving

  • Microsoft Office

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Organizational Skills

  • Resilience

  • Empathy

  • Detail Oriented

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Housing Studies

Leeds Beckett University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Social Policy

Ulster University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Belfast · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/112

Geography

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Oban · 09/2024

Tariff points: 72/75

Nursing Associate

University Centre South Devon – South Devon College

FdSc · 2 Years · Full-time · Paignton · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Young Children's Learning and Development

University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College)

FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Wakefield · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

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