Capital Needs Assessments

Have Your Capital Needs Assessment written by our experienced staff of inspectors at the best prices in the industry and the fastest turn-around on needs assessments.

Nationally Recognized

U.S. Housing Consultants have been performing Capital Needs Assessments for many years and have written needs assessment for nearly every state in the country. U.S. Housing Consultants have been working with management companies, developers, and owners of affordable housing for years. We have worked on projects from Maine to Hawaii and everywhere in between - on projects that range from single family scattered sites, to 18-story high-rises, to townhome style developments.

USHC have created a system that allows us to quickly gather information on site, to process the information into a detailed and informative report that is then utilized for our standard internal quality assurance process to ensure that all areas of the property have been properly addressed, that the costs are accurate, and that the needs we have addressed accurately represent the property owners’ intentions for the property.

Customized Reports

USHC have developed a series of reports that are generated out of our custom designed UPCS Inspection software. Our standard Pre-REAC Inspection Report includes the following:

• Physical Capital Needs Assessments
• Comprehensive Needs Assessments
• Physical Needs Assessments

We have performed needs assessments for both properties looking to better understand long-term needs and replacement reserve requirements, as well as properties planning substantial rehabilitation or other modernization or repair activity. Our inspectors are trained to evaluate the immediate, short-term, long-term, and other needs of the property, specified by the size, quantity, type, condition, and other factors of each component on your property.

Federal and Local Standards

USHC have worked with every federal program in the country and many local and specific regulatory codes throughout the country in our years of completing Capital Needs Assessments. We have completed PNA/PCNA/CNA's under the rules and requirements of the following programs:


• USDA Rural Development (National)
• Tax Credit Program (Many State Housing Finance Agencies)
• HOME Program
• HUD MAP Requirements
• Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac
• Public and Indian Housing (PIH)
• Standard and Poor’s Assessment Guidelines

Cost Structure

U.S. Housing Consultants have a set schedule of costs for capital needs assessments based upon basic property sizes. We have created this model to simplify the process and provide our customers the best possible prices along with our fast and thorough service.

Quick Links

* USDA/RD Unnumbered Letter on CNA Guidelines

* Fannie Mae's PNA Guidelines

* Standard and Poor's Assessment Guidelines

* National Park Service Guidelines on Historical Renovations

* USDA/RD Worksheet Version 1.5.c


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