How To Become A Public Housing Manager: What It Is and Career Path

What is a public housing manager and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a public housing manager. For example, did you know that they make an average of $23.42 an hour? That's $48,709 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 3% and produce 11,100 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScorePublic Housing ManagerUS Average

Salary

3.8

Avg. Salary $48,709

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

8.4

Growth rate 3%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

4.4

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61%

Asian 5.57%

Black or African American 9.59%

Hispanic or Latino 16.11%

Unknown 4.20%

White 63.94%

Gender

female 77.65%

male 22.35%

Age - 49

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 49

Stress level

8.4

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

8.6

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance

4.8

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a public housing manager

Explore public housing manager education requirements

Most common public housing manager degrees

Bachelor's

60.4 %

Associate

16.7 %

Master's

9.0 %

Start to develop specific public housing manager skills

Skills	Percentages
HUD	12.86%
Evictions	12.39%
Rent Payments	11.77%
Financial Reports	8.58%
Rent Collection	8.31%

Complete relevant public housing manager training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 3-6 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New public housing managers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a public housing manager based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real public housing manager resumes.

Research public housing manager duties and responsibilities

Manage and overseen housing operations, administration of HUD programs, supervise maintenance and/or improvements of residential properties.
Prepare and submit reports, do PIC submissions and prepare and file court proceedings.
Inspect units to ensure HQS standards.
Maintain monthly rent balances in all units, including late fees, evictions, move-outs and move-ins.

Apply for public housing manager jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a public housing manager job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How do public housing managers rate their job?

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Public housing manager reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2022

Pros

I believe that as a property manager you are trusted with one of the most intimate areas of a persons life!… their home! That’s one heck of a responsibility because , at the end of the day everything starts and ends with home!

Cons

The only thing I don’t like about working in the property management field is having to turn people away or add them to a waitlist. The demand/need for affordable quality housing is so great… it’s nearly impossible to assist everyone you meet because the demand far exceeds the supply. That is so frustrating and leaves me feeling like I’ve let people down when I don’t have anything available. Sometimes hearing the desperation in their voices gets to me and I find myself upset when I am unable yo help them.

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2020