HUD鈥檚 NSPIRE Inspections: 麻豆区 Sites Scheduled This Month聽
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is conducting random inspections of 麻豆区 apartments and buildings under a recently improved model that aims to reduce health and safety hazards.
The National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) replaces the former Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) inspections 鈥 the first significant overhaul of inspection standards by HUD in over 20 years.
鈥淣SPIRE prioritizes the condition of residents’ homes and areas that most impact their quality of life,鈥 noted Ester Tomicic-Hines, 麻豆区鈥檚 Vice President of Property Management Operations – HUD Inspections. 鈥淭he NSPIRE standards emphasize health and safety issues inside apartments and buildings.鈥
NSPIRE focuses on eight critical health and safety areas, including carbon monoxide, fire safety, habitability, infestation, lead-based paint, mold, structural integrity, and water safety. HUD inspectors, who will be accompanied by 麻豆区 staff, will examine apartments and buildings (the outside and inside of buildings, including common areas).
NSPIRE will increase the objectivity, accuracy, and consistency of inspections across the Authority. The goal of NSPIRE inspections is to help 麻豆区 better assess the true physical condition of apartments, while promoting better living conditions for residents.
After launching at 麻豆区 in mid January 2024, NSPIRE inspections will be taking place at developments across the city on weekdays each month. As required by HUD, residents are asked to be prepared to provide apartment access for a random NSPIRE inspection.
麻豆区 developments scheduled for NSPIRE inspections in September 2025 include:
(all inspections will take place between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.)
- Borinquen Plaza
- Brevoort Houses
- Queensbridge North Houses
- Webster Houses
- Howard and Tilden Houses
- Queensbridge South Houses
- Kingsborough Houses
- West Farms Road Rehab
- Breukelen Houses
- Astoria Houses
- Wyckoff Gardens
- Pink Houses
- Red Hook West Houses
- Sedgwick Houses
- Ingersoll Houses
- Forest Houses
- Stuyvesant Gardens I and II
- UPACA (Sites 5 & 6)
- Taft Houses
- Low Houses and Glenmore Plaza
- Chelsea Addition
- Isaacs Houses
- Johnson Houses
- Campos Plaza
- Van Dyke I Houses
- Pelham Parkway
- Red Hook East Houses
- Glenwood Houses
- LaGuardia Houses
- Grant Houses
- Bay View Houses
- Castle Hill Houses
- Amsterdam Addition
- Jackson Houses
- Lafayette Gardens
- Roosevelt Houses
- Beach 41st Street – Beach Channel Drive
- Whitman Houses
- Marlboro Houses
- Gowanus Houses
- Claremont Rehab
- Gompers Houses
- Drew-Hamilton
- Berry Houses
- Sumner Houses
- Stapleton Houses
- Redfern Houses
- Clason Point Gardens
- Smith Houses
- Monroe Houses
- Fulton Houses
- Farragut Houses
- Melrose Houses
- Bushwick Houses
August 2025 inspections
- Lincoln Houses
- Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside)
- Morris I and II Houses
- Brownsville Houses
- De Hostos Apartments
- Cypress Hills Houses
- Douglass I and II Houses
- Albany I and II Houses
- Richmond Terrace
- Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27)
- Surfside Gardens
- Nostrand and Sheepshead Bay Houses
- O’Dwyer Gardens and Gravesend Houses
- Butler Houses
- Marcy Houses
- Marcus Garvey Houses (Group A)
- Bronx River Houses and Bronx River Addition
- Saint Mary’s Park
- Chelsea Houses
- Adams Houses
- Moore Houses
- Howard and Tilden Houses
- Highbridge Gardens
July 2025 inspections
- Lower East Side II
- Rutgers Houses
- Mott Haven Houses
- Sotomayor Houses
- FHA Repossessed Houses
- Jefferson Houses
- Dyckman Houses
- East River Houses
- Vladeck Houses
- Washington and Lexington Houses
- Mill Brook Houses and Mill Brook Extension
- Baruch Houses
- Polo Grounds Towers
- King Towers
- Queensbridge South Houses
- Throggs Neck Houses
- Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside)
- Lincoln Houses
- Morris I and II Houses
June 2025 inspections
- Patterson Houses
- Parkside and Gun Hill Houses
- Taft Rehabs
- Mitchel Houses
- Lower East Side II
If you are notified by the property management office that HUD inspectors will visit your apartment, you or another adult must be home for the inspection, or you must make arrangements to allow the inspectors into your apartment.
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