HUD recently issued a notice of modification to the Demonstration to Assess the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols (NSPIRE). Through this notification, HUD is informing Demonstration participants who are subject to HUD’s Multifamily Housing program that they will receive an inspection of record through the NSPIRE demonstration unless they opt out of the demonstration, in which case they will receive an inspection of record through the Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS).
HUD is also revising this demonstration so that the demonstration ends on the effective date of the NSPIRE final rule. The demonstration will end for Public Housing participants on June 30, 2023, the day before HUD intends to begin inspections under NSPIRE for Public Housing, and the demonstration will end for Multifamily Housing participants on September 30, 2023, one day before the day HUD intends the NSPIRE final rule to take effect for Multifamily Housing. HUD will provide additional notice through Federal Register notice should these dates change.
Demonstration participants who do not wish to be subject to an NSPIRE inspection of record before October 1, 2023, may choose to opt out of the NSPIRE demonstration by submitting a request via email to NSPIRE-Demo-OptOut@hud.gov no later than March 1, 2023. Demonstration participants who opt out of the demonstration will be subject to a UPCS inspection of record.