HUD PIH Notice § 2024-39

                                U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
                                               WASHINGTON, DC 20410-5000


OFFICE OF PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
OFFICE OF HOUSING


                                                         Notice PIH 2024–39 / H 2024-11
Special Attention of:
Regional Administrators; Directors of HUD                Issued: December 17, 2024
Regional, Hub, and Field Offices of Public
Housing; Public Housing Agencies; Project-               Expires: This Notice remains in effect
Based Rental Assistance, Section 202, and                until amended, superseded, or rescinded.
Section 811 Property Owners; Multifamily
Directors and Account Executives;                        Cross References: Notice H 2023–10, PIH 2023-
Multifamily Owners and Management Agents,                16/H 2023-07; FR-6086-N-06 (NSPIRE Scoring
Resident Management Corporations                         Notice)




Subject: Revised Compliance Date for National Standards for the Physical Inspection of
Real Estate (NSPIRE) New Affirmative Requirements

I.    PURPOSE

HUD is extending the date, until October 1, 2025, for the inclusion of point deductions in the physical
inspection scores for new affirmative requirements under NSPIRE. These new affirmatives include Fire
Labeled Doors; Electrical—GFCI or Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI); Guardrail; Heating,
Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC); Interior Lighting; and Minimum Electrical and Lighting.

This extension is applicable to Public Housing and Multifamily Housing programs. For detailed
descriptions of each category and the associated defects, please refer to Section IV.D. of the
Scoring Notice (Non-Scored Defects and New Affirmative Requirements).


II.   BACKGROUND

NSPIRE Standards include new affirmative requirements defined generally as property attributes or
requirements that must be met. When a property does not meet these requirements, it constitutes a defect
in the inspection and results in a point deduction(s) from the property's score. HUD understands that
property owners, managers, and maintenance staff are still in the process of complying with these new
affirmative requirements; therefore, HUD is extending the policy of not scoring these new affirmative
requirements.

In the NSPIRE Scoring Notice, Section IV. Administrative Details, D. Non-Scored Defects and New
Affirmative Requirements, HUD explained the scoring designations during the initial period of
implementation for new affirmative requirements. This process remains unchanged. HUD supplements a
property's score with the following designation to give owners and residents a better understanding of the
inspection results:

Certain New Requirements: Until at least October 1, 2025, new requirements that were not scored will be
flagged with a caret ( ‸ ) symbol.
I.     EFFECTIVE DATE

The compliance date for the new affirmative requirements under NSPIRE is extended until October 1,
2025.

NOTE: The traditionally Non-Scored Defects (smoke alarms, calls for aid, carbon monoxide devices,
and handrails) will continue in HUD’s long-standing practice of not being scored. This notice does not
impact those non-scored defects.


II.    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

For questions or to request further information, please contact:

Clifton Kornegay, Real Estate Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410-
4000, telephone number (202) 708-1112 (this is not a toll-free number), email
NSPIRERegulations@hud.gov.

HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well
as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible
telephone call, please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.




      Richard J. Monocchio                            Julia Gordon
      Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary            Assistant Secretary
      Public and Indian Housing                       Office of Housing and Federal Housing
                                                      Administration




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