Housing specialist resume examples from 2026
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How to write a housing specialist resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:
Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.
Step 2: Detail your years of experience in housing specialist-related roles and your industry experience.
Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.
Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some housing specialist interviews.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
- Include as many relevant hard or technical housing specialist skills as possible for each job you apply to.
- Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a housing specialist resume:
- Landlords
- Social Work
- Mental Health
- Housing Assistance
- Veterans
- Community Resources
- Rehabilitation
- Crisis Intervention
- Customer Service
- Affordable Housing
- Data Entry
- Mental Illness
- Social Security
- HMIS
- Supportive Services
- Compassion
- HUD
- Rental Assistance
- Substance Abuse
- Real Estate
- Supportive Housing
- DHS
- NYC
- Voucher Program
- Quality Standards
- Community Agencies
- Low-Income Families
- Mediation
- Homeless Individuals
- Independent Living
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How to structure your work experience
Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.
Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the housing specialist.
How to write housing specialist experience bullet points
Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
Here are effective examples from housing specialist resumes:
Work history example #1
Housing Specialist
Champaign Residential Services
- Supervised four (4) employee personnel with data input for HMIS.
- Entered client information in HMIS (Homeless Management Information System).
- Served as Agency Administrator over the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
- Calculated contract rent adjustments and provided notification to landlords.
- Worked with colleagues within the HUD/VASH Team as well as other facilities to ensure services provided are efficiently coordinated.
Work history example #2
Housing Specialist
Chicago Public Library
- Provided vocational guidance and counseling.
- Maintained and operated large vehicle decontamination system in accordance with standard operating procedures and regulations.
- Communicated with landlords and apartment managers.
- Provided individual relocation counseling to Service members and civilian employees.
- Assessed financial situations to determine initial and eligibility for HUD housing assistance.
Work history example #3
Outreach Specialist
The Salvation Army
- Managed the processing of FDA establishment license applications and blood collection site FDA registrations for over 340 Red Cross locations.
- Attended IEP, MDT and court hearings as case required.
- Worked to reduced cross cultural tensions among Latino and African American job seekers.
- Assisted those individuals living with HIV/AIDS in securing safe/affordable housing, community based services and entitlements.
- Coordinated monthly team builders for a group of sixty-nine AmeriCorps members and hosted quarterly site events to promote site unity.
Work history example #4
Case Planner
Catholic Charities
- Attended all school IEP meetings for each child with an IEP, as per DCFS guidelines.
- Developed and delivered family centered services that promoted stability and permanency for foster care children.
- Managed family and children cases under the Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS).
- Assisted Case Managers with DCFS foster care cases; facilitated, monitored, and documented family visitations.
- Worked as a DCFS licensed child welfare worker and mandated reporter.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from housing specialist resumes:
Master's Degree in psychology
Ashford University, San Diego, CA
2010 - 2011
Bachelor's Degree in hospitality management
University of Houston, Houston, TX
2007 - 2010
Highlight your housing specialist certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.
Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.
Here are some of the best certifications to have on housing specialist resumes:
- Certified Specialist - Public Housing Manager (CS-PHM)
- Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
- Certified Specialist of Occupancy (CSO-PH)
- Certified Professional - Human Resource (IPMA-CP)
- Certified Specialist of Occupancy - Housing Choice Voucher (CSO-HCV)
- Certified Real Estate Inspector (CRI)
- Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
- Certified Peer Specialist (CPS)
- Certified Application Security Engineer - Java (CASE)