Please review the attached NSPIRE Scoring Notice, also available here: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-19881. deadline to comment is Monday, Nov. 30th. Notice Summary and Proposed Revisions are highlighted below.
Summary
This notice seeks public comment on revisions to the NSPIRE Scoring Notice, “National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols, Scoring Notice”. Pursuant to the governing regulation, which requires periodic revision of the NSPIRE Scoring Notice and an opportunity for public comment, HUD is providing an opportunity for public comment on the revisions to the scoring procedures set forth in this notice. HUD will consider comments received in response to this notice before publishing a final NSPIRE Scoring Notice in the Federal Register and posting the updated NSPIRE Scoring Notice on www.hud.gov.
Proposed Revisions to the NSPIRE Scoring Notice
Per the FR notice, the notice sets three revisions to the NSPIRE Scoring Notice for public comment:
- Revised Compliance Date for NSPIRE New Affirmative Requirements -“This first revision to the NSPIRE Scoring Notice addresses the compliance date for the new affirmative requirements in NSPIRE standards…Beginning October 1, 2026, deficiencies identified under the new affirmative requirements will be included in the calculation of a property's inspection score.”
- Sample Size Correction (See Table in Notice)
- The final revision concerns two corrections under Example 2, titled: “Example 2: A Property Where HUD Inspects 10 Units and the Unit Defect Deduction Value is Above 30”. The Defect Deduction Value Per Unit is listed incorrectly as 39.6 when it should be 37.6 as calculated in the following paragraph. Similarly, the Total Defect Deduction Value per Unit (Inspectable Area) is incorrectly entered as 379; this figure should be 310.2 as indicated correctly in the preceding paragraph.