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Lowell Housing Authority Administration:

The Executive Department establishes and oversees policy and provides direction for activities throughout the Authority. Responsibilities include ensuring overall compliance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as adherence to established goals necessary to fulfill the agency's mission.

The Executive Department oversees the property management function. Property managers are responsible for day-to-day management and maintenance of all the Authority's housing developments. The site based management and maintenance staff perform numerous functions including rent determinations, rent collection, unit inspections, resident relations and orientation, lease enforcement, direct maintenance services to residents, and scheduled preventive and routine maintenance of buildings and grounds.

Additionally, the Executive Department includes and oversees the important functions of Management Information Systems, Finance, Employee Development and Training, Reasonable Accommodation and Affirmative Action. The Employee Development & Training Manager oversees the training needs of agency staff. The Reasonable Accommodation and Affirmative Action Officer ensures that the Authority complies with applicable state and federal laws and assists with issues that may arise with residents.

The Management Information Systems Department has primary responsibility for both software and hardware installation and maintenance. Through the MIS function, the Executive Department supports the LHA's mission by guiding and supporting the use of Information Technology. The MIS staff ensure that LHA staff have up-to-date technology, know how to skillfully use this technology, can reliably and quickly find relevant business information, can manipulate and analyze this information as needed, and use technology to continually increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations.

The Finance function, under the Executive Department, coordinates the activities of budgeting, finance, accounts payable and receivable, and procurement to ensure compliance with overall Authority financial objectives. Staff are responsible for the development of financial policies for the Authority, improving efficiency of operations, providing analysis and discussion of the financial implications of policy formulation, financial reporting to our funding agencies, and maintaining external relationships relating to financial matters of the Authority. It is the responsibility of the staff to promote and ensure the financial health and well-being of the Authority.

The staff are responsible for the following finance functions:

Payroll Processing and Distribution
Disbursements to Vendors
Requisition and Allocation of Funding
Investment of Funds
Tenant Accounting Information
Program Accounting Functions
Central Files Record keeping
Procurement
Account Reconciliation

Finance Staff are also primarily responsible for all of the Lowell Housing Authority's purchasing activities. Finance staff process and monitor the activities of the Authority's purchasing system. Finance staff also conduct public bids for all LHA goods, services, and construction related purchases. Vendors interested in picking up bid packages may call the number below.

The primary budget work in Finance revolves around coordinating the preparation and implementation of all housing development and department operating budgets and preparing the program operating budgets, which are submitted to our funding agencies and are the mechanism by which the Authority receives operating subsidy. Finance also assists LHA Departments/Divisions such as Facilities Management and Leased Housing, in the preparation of budgets funded through federal, state and local grants. At any one time the Authority administers several different housing programs, each with its own funding source.

Finance must also analyze and project future costs and future-funding availability to determine the Authority's financial position at any given period of time. This information is used as a tool for senior management to plan and prioritize service options, service levels, and maintain the financial health of the Authority's housing programs.

Planning and analysis in Finance includes costing of proposals related to collective bargaining, purchase options, staffing levels, cost standards, and other resource allocations. Finance monitors Federal and State regulatory and policy changes to assess financial impacts.

Finance, in concert with other departments/divisions, plays an important role in ensuring the continued viability of the Lowell Housing Authority's ability to provide housing services to residents of the City of Lowell.

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