On 6/15/23, HUD announced via official notice that the final version of the NSPIRE deficiency standards will be published in the federal register.
These standards will be the official deficiencies for the NSPIRE inspections set to begin this year.
Previously, HUD published NSPIRE Standards 2.2 last year for public comment.
The final standards notice is 35-pages long and details what changes were made to the proposed standards based on these public comments.
Although the announcement came out yesterday, HUD’s website has the final standards listed to be published on 6/20/23.
Based on a REAC contractor meeting attended by UPCS Inspectors LLC last month, they had predicted that the NSPIRE Standards 2.2 would be only 85-90% accurate compared to the final standards.
In addition, an administrative notice important for REAC based NSPIRE inspections has not been posted for review and the scoring notice published in March has not been finalized.
Last, there are several Housing Choice Voucher related items that must be published (such as the updated checklist) before those inspections can begin.
UPCS Inspectors LLC continues to monitor for these elements to finalize our NSPIRE training that will premiere this summer.
We Will Prepare You for NSPIRE
We will teach all the new changes to the REAC inspector protocol that will occur under NSPIRE (pre-inspection, inspection day, and post-inspection).
In addition, we will provide NSPIRE training specifically for the HCV and HOME programs.
Last, UPCS Inspectors LLC is a REAC RAP Contractor and will stay up to date on all the latest changes.
Questions? Contact us at education@upcsinspectors.com.