National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) Overview

With the sunset of Housing Quality Standards (HQS) and the Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS), things can get confusing. These have been replaced by National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). Understanding the changes and new areas of focus will be essential to passing the new NSPIRE standards in future inspections. This webinar will provide an overview of the changes and new items in the Final Rule (FR). This FR implemented new scoring standards and new focuses for inspectors when on site. This webinar will explore these changes as well. Additionally, we will cover non-scored deficiencies and how Health & Safety (H&S) items are determined.

Webinar Objectives

This session will cover an overview of various changes for inspection standards as a result of moving from HQS and UPCS to NSPIRE.

Webinar Agenda

Understanding the NSPIRE Final Rule standards that are changing from the now expires HQS and UPCS inspection standards for HUD properties.

Webinar Highlights

• Understanding new items under NSPIRE standards
• Changes between UPCS (old) to NSPIRE (new) protocols
• Determine inspectable vs. non-inspectable items under NSPIRE
• Identifying what the NSPIRE Administrative Notice includes
• Understanding the NSPIRE Scoring Notice
• Identifying Health and Safety (H&S) items under NSPIRE
• Identifying non-scored items under NSPIRE
• Understand how inspectors select unit for the inspection sample

Who Should Attend

• Maintenance staff at HUD funded properties
• Managers or other staff who oversee or interact with maintenance staff at HUD funded properties
• Anyone who needs to implement or oversee NSPIRE inspection standards.