What You Need to Know About Garbage Disposals During a HUD REAC Inspection

In this May edition of our HUD-REAC newsletter, I’d like to discuss HUD-REAC facts that you may be unaware of regarding garbage disposals.

1. The inspector must allow your personnel to press the reset button If the garbage disposal is tripped.
2. If the property personnel use any tools to make repairs on the disposal, the Level 2 defect will be recorded.
3. An Exigent Health & Safety Electrical Hazard will be recorded if the plate or knockout are missing under the garbage disposal. This has been recorded more frequently throughout the nation and can be worth up to 1.5 points per unit.

HUD Assist Services from Constructive Forensics

PRE-REAC Inspections – Work with an experienced REAC Consultant to identify deficiencies with time to make repairs and improve your HUD Score.

Training for management/personnel – Learn how to stay REAC-Ready. Gain insight into the entire process of an inspection from an experienced HUD REAC Consultant.

REAC Appeals – Our experienced REAC consultant will guide you through the REAC scoring appeal process.

Web Reporting – Unlimited access to our web reporting tool to efficiently assign work orders and to get a current view of the PRE-REAC data collected.

To learn more about HUD Assist, visit the HUD Assist Page.