HUD inspection and compliance, all 50 states
Know the score before HUD does
Survey the property the way the inspection will, fix what actually costs points, and go in knowing where you stand. Written reports in 48 hours, flat rate, nationwide since 2000.
Happening now
Six categories start costing points this October
Affirmative requirements begin carrying deductions in public housing and multifamily inspections. They have been inspected and cited all along. What changes is that they start affecting the score.
- Fire labelled doors
- GFCI and AFCI protection
- Guardrails
- Heating, ventilation and cooling
- Interior lighting
- Minimum electrical provision
Deferred twice already, so treat the date as the current position. Covered under preventive maintenance and transition consulting. The voucher programmes sit on a separate timetable, currently 1 February 2027.
What we do
Everything around the inspection, not just the survey
Most properties come to us for one thing and stay for the cycle. Find the deficiencies, correct them in the right order, hold the result, and challenge it if the score does not match the property.
Know what will be found
Survey the property the way the assessment will, on the standard your programme is actually judged against.
The obligations beyond condition
Programme requirements that a physical inspection never touches, and where a failure costs a payment rather than a point.
The work between inspections
Understanding why a result landed where it did, planning capital against what is scored, and challenging a finding where there are grounds.
Holding the result
A score reflects one day. Keeping it is a different job from achieving it, and it is where most properties quietly lose ground.
Repairs, turnover and renovation
The cheapest moment to clear a unit is while it is empty
Access is unrestricted, nothing needs coordinating with a resident, and corrections take hours rather than days. Once a household is established every fix needs notice and scheduling, and some become genuinely disruptive.
The same logic applies to a renovation programme. Where work is already planned, a severe finding can be folded into it at marginal cost using a contractor who is on site anyway. After the scope is agreed, that same item becomes a separate job with its own mobilisation.
Which is why the order matters more than the effort: turnover while the unit is vacant, renovation scoped against what is actually scored, and work orders that evidence the correction window afterwards.
- Vacant-unit work priced and sequenced before turn
- Severe findings folded into planned renovation at marginal cost
- Cosmetic items categorised honestly, not padded
- Records that hold up when read cold two years later
Why properties lose points
The effort is real. The outcome is often unprotected.
A crew works three weeks before an inspection. Paint touched up, flooring replaced, corridor lighting swapped. The score comes back lower than anyone expected, and two extract fans had been inoperable the whole time.
Nothing went wrong with the work. What was missing was an order. Severity decides what each finding costs, and a repair list built around what is visible produces a different sequence from one built around what is scored.
That gap is most of what we do. Repairs sequenced by consequence, a maintenance programme that catches conditions nobody reports, and training so the crew recognises them on a Tuesday rather than in a report.
- Findings ranked by what they cost, not by where they sit
- Life-threatening items separated and closed immediately
- Photographic evidence before and after
- Reinspection confirming the finding actually closed
How an engagement runs
Four stages, whatever the service
Scoped in a business day
Property type, unit count, state and your inspection window. Flat rate quoted before anyone travels, and an honest answer on what fits the time you have.
All three inspectable areas
Inside the unit, inside the building, outside. Every finding classified by severity at the point of observation rather than sorted afterwards.
Written in 48 hours
Ranked by consequence, photographed throughout, in plain language whoever does the work can act on without needing the regulation explained first.
Resolved, not just addressed
A follow-up walk confirming each documented deficiency was actually closed, so the official visit is not the first time anyone checks the work.
Who we work with
Single units to multi-state portfolios
The protocol is the same. What changes is scale, and whether the useful question is about one property or about where exposure sits across many.
Since 2000
We have seen every protocol revision from the inside
The team has worked under HUD inspection standards since 2000, through the move from UPCS into NSPIRE and every reclassification along the way. That matters more than it sounds, because guidance written before October 2023 still circulates widely and points at the wrong priorities.
We have also worked on the authority side, preparing housing authority portfolios rather than only private ones. It is why our reports read the way an authority expects and why we know which items generate findings in practice rather than in theory.
More on the team on about us, and common questions answered on the FAQ.
- Consulting only. We do not sell the repairs we recommend
- Flat rate, quoted before anyone travels
- A clear no when there is no case worth pursuing
Immaculate work order histories and fourteen deficiencies on inspection day are not a contradiction.Sam AmoyelleFounder, REAC Nspire Pros
Coverage
Philadelphia hub, national field network
Our base puts the team within same-day range of the HUD-assisted concentrations across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and New York. Beyond the Mid-Atlantic we deploy through a field network of 50+ consultants.
The Northeast corridor holds some of the densest and oldest HUD-assisted housing stock in the country. Working in it since 2000 is where the methodology came from, and it has since scaled to portfolios in Texas, Florida, the Midwest and the Southeast.
- Flat rate everywhere, with no distance surcharge
- Simultaneous deployment across several properties
- One report format, so sites can be compared
- Emergency scheduling where a date is already close
The best time to survey is before you know the date
Tell us your property type, unit count and state. Scheduling confirmed within one business day, flat rate quoted up front.
Frequently asked
Common questions
Which standard is my property inspected against?
Public housing and multifamily moved to NSPIRE in October 2023, so those programmes have been assessed under it since. The voucher programmes have not transitioned, with a current compliance date of 1 February 2027.
If you hold voucher units, ask your housing authority directly, because some transitioned early. See HCV compliance.
How much does an engagement cost?
Flat rate, quoted before anyone travels, with no per-unit fees and no variable charge based on how many deficiencies are found.
Call or email with your property type, unit count and state for a direct quote.
Our inspection is in two weeks. Is it too late?
No, though what is achievable narrows. At that range the work is triage: establishing what will be found and what can realistically be closed before the day.
Where a date is already close, emergency pre-inspection is the faster route. We will tell you what fits rather than committing and explaining afterwards.
Do you carry out the repairs?
No, and it is deliberate. We identify and document; your own crew or contractors do the work. That means no financial interest in recommending more work than a property needs.
We scored below 60. What happens now?
Two things at once. A score below 60 requires a survey of the entire property, including all units and inside and outside areas, submitted to HUD. That runs alongside correcting the findings.
If there are grounds to challenge, the technical review window is 45 calendar days from the day the report is provided. Score appeal consulting and recovery cover both.
We keep getting the same findings every cycle. Why?
Usually because a component has reached the end of its service life rather than because a repair was done badly. Repairing it again produces the same finding next time.
That is a capital question rather than a maintenance one, which is what a capital needs assessment establishes.
Do you work outside the Northeast?
All 50 states, at the same flat rate, with no distance surcharge. The Mid-Atlantic is where we dispatch same-day; everywhere else runs through the field network on the same protocol and the same report format.
Where can I read more before calling?
The service pages above go into detail on each engagement, and the blog covers the questions that come up most often, including the violations we find most.