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In 2018, HUD indicated that the HUD REAC Inspection system would undertake a wholesale re-examination. As a result, HUD developed a new concept that would change the inspection process to be more about health and safety and quality of life for residents. This concept has resulted in the development of NSPIRE – the National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate. As of 2020, NSPIRE is part of a demonstration (pilot) program, which is being used on several thousand properties to determine its effectiveness.
HUD has announced that as of October 1, 2023, NSPIRE will officially replace UPCS as the inspection protocol used by REAC Inspectors and will update 24 CFR 902.20 to reference NSPIRE as the inspection protocol used by Multifamily HUD and Public and Indian Housing. Once the change has officially been adopted, owners and management agents will have a new standard of “Decent, Safe, and Sanitary” and new guidelines to meet physical standards.
NSPIRE moves REAC inspections from the current protocol, Uniform Physical Conditions Standards (UPCS,) to a more streamlined system focused on health and safety items. However, it is also a change to an overall process that focuses on good routine maintenance practices and away from a process that focuses on periodic reviews of outdated risk factors. This includes:
While NPSIRE will include several new requirements for properties, such as Carbon Monoxide detectors. It also includes a reduction of certain inspection requirements, such as the removal of some issues like:
Implementing HUD REAC’s NSPIRE updates includes a new set of inspection standards and rules. On this webinar, we review the NSPIRE deficiency changes, the scoring updates, and the new design requirements.
As REAC moves closer to implementing NSPIRE for owners and PHAs, learn the lay of the land and how to get ready with Ashley Sherriff (REAC DAS), Scott Precourt of US Housing, and Lisa Tunick
Learn MoreImplementing HUD REAC’s NSPIRE updates includes a new set of inspection standards and rules. In this short session, we review the NSPIRE deficiency changes, the scoring updates, and the new design requirements. – This webinar is sponsored and hosted by SAHMA
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Implementing HUD REAC’s NSPIRE updates includes a new set of inspection standards and rules. In this short session, we review the NSPIRE deficiency changes, the scoring updates, and the new design requirements. This webinar is sponsored and hosted by SAHMA
Registration Opening Soon