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HUD’s NSPIRE Inspections: NYCHA Sites Scheduled This Month 

Vincent Echavaria

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is conducting random inspections of NYCHA apartments and buildings under an 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 – the first significant overhaul of inspection standards by HUD in over 20 years.  

“NSPIRE prioritizes the condition of residents’ homes and areas that most impact their quality of life,” noted Ester Tomicic-Hines, NYCHA’s Vice President of Property Management Operations – HUD Inspections. “The NSPIRE standards emphasize health and safety issues inside apartments and buildings.” 

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 NYCHA 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 NYCHA better assess the true physical condition of apartments, while promoting better living conditions for residents.  

After launching at NYCHA 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.  

NYCHA developments scheduled for NSPIRE inspections in August 2026 include: 

  • Bronx River & Addition: Monday-Tuesday, August 3-4, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Gowanus Houses: Monday-Wednesday, August 3-5, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Pomonok Houses: Monday-Thursday, August 3-6, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Hylan Houses: Tuesday, August 4, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Douglass Rehabs: Wednesday, August 5, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Berry Houses: Thursday-Friday, August 6-7; & Monday-Tuesday, August 10-11, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Queensbridge North Houses: Thursday, August 6, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Wyckoff Gardens: Thursday-Friday, August 6-7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • FHA Repossessed Houses (I thru X): Monday-Wednesday, August 10-12, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Vandalia Houses: Monday, August 10, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Glenwood Houses: Monday-Wednesday, August 10-12, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Hammel Houses: Wednesday-Thursday, August 12-13, 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Pink Houses: Thursday-Friday, August 13-14; & Monday, August 17, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Bushwick Houses: Monday, August 17, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Queensbridge South Houses: Monday, August 17, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Melrose Houses: Tuesday-Friday, August 18-21, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Brevoort Houses: Wednesday, August 19, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Sedgwick Houses: Wednesday, August 19, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Borinquen Plaza: Wednesday, August 19, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Mariner’s Harbor Houses: Thursday, August 20, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Butler Houses: Friday, August 21, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Tompkins Houses: Friday, August 21, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Garvey Houses (Group A): Friday, August 21, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Marble Hill Houses: Monday-Wednesday, August 24-26, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Breukelen Houses: Monday-Tuesday, August 24-25, 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Marcy Houses: Monday-Tuesday, August 24-25, 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Highbridge Gardens: Monday-Tuesday, August 24-25, 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Cypress Hill Houses: Tuesday-Thursday, August 25-27, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Nostrand-Sheepshead Bay Houses: Wednesday, August 26, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Claremont Consolidated: Wednesday-Thursday, August 26-27, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Sumner Houses: Wednesday, August 26, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • West Farms Road Rehab: Wednesday-Friday, August 26-28, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Albany Houses: Friday, August 28 & Monday, August 31, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Wald Houses: Friday, August 28 & Monday, August 31, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Parkside-Gun Hill Houses: Friday, August 28 & Monday, August 31, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Throggs Neck Houses: Monday, August 31, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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.  

For more information on NSPIRE, visit www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/reac/nspire