2022-13251: Request for Comments: National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols

Summary

This Request for public comment serves as a complementary document to the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act: Implementation of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) proposed rule. The proposed rule provided that HUD would publish in the Federal Register a set of NSPIRE inspection standards to consolidate and align housing quality requirements and associated inspection standards across programs. After developing and testing draft standards, HUD now seeks public review and comment on the proposed NSPIRE physical inspection standards which would accompany HUD's final rule. Additionally, HUD is proposing changes to the list of life-threatening conditions and incorporating them into the NSPIRE inspection standards in place of codifying the list which HUD proposed in the "Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) of 2016--Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Project Based Voucher Implementation: Additional Streamlining Changes" proposed rule. HUD will consider comments received in response to this request before publishing a final notice of standards in the Federal Register.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 16 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 24 CFR 5 General HUD Program Requirements; Waivers
• 24 CFR 92 Home Investment Partnerships Program
• 24 CFR 93 Housing Trust Fund
• 24 CFR 200 Introduction to FHA Programs
• 24 CFR 574 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
• 24 CFR 576 Emergency Solutions Grants Program
• 24 CFR 578 Continuum of Care Program
• 24 CFR 880 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for New Construction
• 24 CFR 882 Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Programs
• 24 CFR 884 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program, New Construction Set-Aside for Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Projects
• 24 CFR 886 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program—Special Allocations
• 24 CFR 888 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program—Fair Market Rents and Contract Rent Annual Adjustment Factors
• 24 CFR 902 Public Housing Assessment System
• 24 CFR 982 Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance: Housing Choice Voucher Program
• 24 CFR 983 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program
• 24 CFR 985 Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) and Small Rural PHA Assessments