HUD Assist Newsletters

December: HUD Closes Out 2024 With News! December’s Newsletter topic is about HUD’s latest announcements!  But first, I wanted to inform you that our IT infrastructure at C4N6 is being upgraded to enhance performance. Our website will be offline until January 7th, 2025.  I know some of you have tried to register for January’s NSPIRE training.  Registration will open January 7th, and the link is at the bottom of this...

HUD NSPIRE November Newsletter: Exit Signs In November’s Newsletter, the topic is Exit Signs – a Life-Threatening Health & Safety under NSPIRE.  The good news is that this LT deficiency would score once for all Exit Signs on the Outside and just once per building for the Inside (Common Areas). First - a quick update to my September Newsletter about deficiencies that were supposed to start scoring Oct 1, 2024. ...

In October’s Newsletter, I will be discussing the outrageous vacant unit protocol and its impact on the NSPIRE program.  First - a quick update to my September Newsletter about deficiencies that were supposed to start scoring as of October 1st 2024, HUD decided they will remain non-scoring until October 1, 2025!   Vacant Unit Policy  The same vacant unit policy from UPCS was just recently released in the NSPIRE Inspector Protocol...

September Newsletter: Deficiencies that Start Scoring October 1st September’s Newsletter discusses the deficiencies that will begin scoring on October 1st…and the deficiencies that will remain non-scoring “for the foreseeable future!” Click here to see all the NSPIRE Standards and their deficiencies: NSPIRE Standards Click here to read the Final Scoring Notice from 07/07/23: NSPIRE Final Scoring Notice Deficiencies that remain NON-SCORING in all applicable inspectable areas Carbon Monoxide Alarms and...

August Newsletter: Appeals – Corrected Sample Size Chart – GFCI Info August’s Newsletter features a BRAND NEW, just-released by HUD, Technical Review guide to aid you in appealing your REAC score!  Additionally, I added a few other updates: the corrected Sample Size Chart and extra GFCI information. New Technical Review Guide Click here for the printable version in PDF format: NSPIRE Technical Review Guidance I won’t copy the whole thing...

July’s Newsletter reviews Deficiency #1 under the Water Heater Standard – this will be a long Newsletter.   Deficiency #1 is considered a Severe Health & Safety – a 24-hour repair for MF and PHAs and a 30-day repair for HCV/PBV/CPD Programs. For properties that get a REAC score, this works out to be 0.59 points PER UNIT on a 100-unit property.  If every Unit is cited, the property would lose...