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. The inspector must allow your personnel to press the reset button If the garbage disposal is tripped. If the property personnel use any tools to make repairs on the disposal, the Level 2 defect will be recorded. An Exigent Health & Safety Electrical Hazard will be recorded...
Read More14 Day and Carbon Monoxide Notices
HUD has been under increasing pressure from negative news publications, OIG (Office of Inspector General), and Congress to make serious changes to their protocol. Although there appears to be much more to come, here are their most recent published changes: 14-Day Notification of the REAC Inspection – Applicable to ALL properties that are NOT a HUD loan (so far) Officially went into effect Monday, March 25, 2019 and will be...
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