senior maintenance person

residential property manager

service coordinator

procurement specialist

administrative assistant

Denver Housing Authority

While I am a newer employee, working at the Denver Housing Authority has been a rewarding experience. The organizations strives to live its core values of Respect, Honesty, Teamwork, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence in everything it does. I have felt heard and respected every day at work.

The mission resonates with me. Helping to provide safe, affordable housing to low- and middle-income residents and families in Denver strengthens our community and fills me with a sense of purpose at work, which is not something every employer can offer. 

In my experience, the leadership team is both very good at what they do and highly engaged. The value placed on transparency and honesty is apparent. They care about both our employees and the residents we serve.

If you are looking for a place where values matter, leadership is committed, and the mission makes a difference, the Denver Housing Authority may be the place for you.

Housing Management at DHA has high turnover for some very good reasons, such as an impossible workload, lack of any organized orientation, and continual threats for not achieving the impossible. One of our meetings featured an employment law specialist lecturing us in a sneering attitude about how underwhelming we staff members are, and how the upper management expects us to stop giving a real effort after being there a few months. The newer buildings are very nice and there is a sense of vision about the organization, but the operations and day-to-day existence there put everyone on the defensive and are not conducive to success. In fact, this environment this has led to neglect and unoccupied units which new staff will be under pressure to resolve immediately.

A typical day at work was preparing housing units for new tenants, what I learned was repair and installing water heaters and furnaces.
My co-workers, worked well with them as long as they carried their load. The hardest part of the job was when one or two of the co-workers did not work as a team, due to having to go back and correct or complete their work. The best part of the job was knowing that the job assignment was completed correctly with the help of team work. Lower management was easy to work with as long as upper management did not undermine my immediate supervisor.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Opportunity to promote, a lot of other property management companies don’t have that.  Also, learn a lot by working on old plumbing, electrical, hvac, and get units ready for rent.  A lot of other good benefits, check it out by applying.  denverhousing.org.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
People make work stressful because they don’t want to work.  Denver Housing Authority good place to work.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good, the portfolio is changing.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, no two days are the same and always go, go!

I was excited initially to start working. Over a. Of time I realize that they are only about themselves and not actually the community of people. The community of people never really felt hurt. They felt tolerated and so did I as an employee. I was called in my boss's office and accused of saying something that I did not. I responded to a question on social media and I was reprimanded basically being told to keep my mouth shut. I would never recommend anyone to work here! Very stressful! Everyone talks about each other!

Overall I love the company. The leadership is great. The new CEO has a great vision, amazing spirit and wonderful idea of how to be inclusive with restructuring the organization in a forward thinking manner for 2024. The property development is very important and beautifully designed, and overall I’m impressed.



What is the best part of working at the company?
Union employee positions job protection 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Generational divide in best work practices and in social ethnic diversity implementation 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Boomer traditional none progressive 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Unfair distribution of work with noticable deficient in pay structures. Not keeping up with pay standards for cost of living. Too much work for very little pay and no positive acknowledgement.

The maintenance staff lacked leadership and guidance and it started with upper management.
Their training programs for the maintenance techs are practically inexistent. They say you are in a union but it's nothing of a real union board or committee. It's about politics and favoritism here so if you don't fit in with the right side you could kiss your career bye.
I recommend you use their job for experience and what little training you get out of them and move on.
 to your next stepping stone in life

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part is the pension that they pay into for you. Free money.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
NO COMMUNICATION. 15 years and that was my complaint each year.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible. You work many hours just to be told you are doing a bad job and get written up.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very long hours, at one time I was doing 3 peoples jobs.

A typical work day Prepared invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentation software
Conducted research, compiled data and prepared papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and boards of directors
Performed general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintained records management database systems and performed basic bookkeeping work

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Senior maintenance person 9 salaries reported	$29.53 per hour
Residential property manager 5 salaries reported	$97,583 per year
Service coordinator 4 salaries reported	$49,406 per year
Procurement specialist 3 salaries reported	$79,197 per year
Administrative assistant 2 salaries reported	$36.46 per hour

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