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NSPIRE

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

NSPIRE, the acronym for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate, represents a novel model promoting HUD’s objective of minimizing health and safety risks in residential properties. Its primary focus is on the living spaces where individuals reside. Visit HUD’s NSPIRE Site.

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NSPIRE HCV/PBV CHECKLIST

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Updated NSPIRE Score Calculator

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NSPIRE Inspection Types

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NSPIRE STANDARDS

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PDF Toolkit for PHA or Property Owner Agent Users

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  • NSPIRE aligns various HUD programs under a unified set of inspection standards to ensure consistent expectations regarding housing quality throughout these programs.

    What sets NSPIRE apart is its innovative approach to developing, updating, and adapting standards and scoring through continuous learning and improvement. HUD actively collaborates with various stakeholders, including property owners, managers, public housing agencies, public health and safety experts, and resident groups. Their valuable input helps shape the standards, processes, and protocols associated with model.

  • HUD’s collaboration with stakeholders plays a crucial role in shaping the standards, processes, and protocols of NSPIRE. This collaborative approach ensures that the framework benefits from the collective expertise and perspectives of property owners and managers, public housing agencies, public health and safety professionals, and resident groups.

    The ongoing two-year NSPIRE Demonstration involves voluntary properties where aspects of the framework are being tested, and feedback from inspectors and property owners is being used to refine the inspection model. This iterative process allows for adjustments and improvements to be made based on real-world implementation and feedback.

  • Furthermore, data gathered from a concurrent demonstration for the Housing Choice Voucher program also informs the updates to NSPIRE. These demonstrations align with HUD’s legislative mandate to establish a single inspection protocol for public housing and voucher units.

    HUD aims to enhance the objectivity, accuracy, and consistency of inspections through NSPIRE. The framework incorporates significant improvements, including using deficiency indicators to ensure that cited deficiencies accurately represent substandard conditions within a property.

  • Each inspection standard in NSPIRE is accompanied by a rationale, providing a clear and concise explanation of the potential risks associated with identified defects. This helps ensure clarity and understanding of the standards among inspectors, property owners, and other stakeholders involved in the inspection process.

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