Rule2023-01354
Notice of Modification to the Demonstration To Assess the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols
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Published
January 25, 2023
Effective
January 25, 2023
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
Through this notification, HUD announces changes to the Demonstration to Assess the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols (NSPIRE). This demonstration allows HUD to test the NSPIRE standards and protocols as the means for assessing the physical conditions of HUD-assisted and HUD-insured housing. Through this notification, HUD is informing Demonstration participants who are subject to HUD's Multifamily Housing program that Demonstration participants 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01354]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
24 CFR Parts 5 and 200
[Docket No. FR-6160-N-03]
Notice of Modification to the Demonstration To Assess the
National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and
Associated Protocols
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing; Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
ACTION: Demonstration modification.
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SUMMARY: Through this notification, HUD announces changes to the
Demonstration to Assess the National Standards for the Physical
Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols (NSPIRE). This
demonstration allows HUD to test the NSPIRE standards and protocols as
the means for assessing the physical conditions of HUD-assisted and
HUD-insured housing. Through this notification, HUD is informing
Demonstration participants who are subject to HUD's Multifamily Housing
program that Demonstration participants 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.
DATES: This demonstration modification is effective January 25, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcel M. Jemio, Real Estate
Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW, Suite 100,
Washington, DC 20410-4000, telephone number 202-708-1112 (this is not a
toll-free number) or via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#58160b08110a1d751c3d35377517282c75172d2c18302d3c763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c58b96958c9780e881a0a8aae88ab5b1e88ab0b185adb0a1eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>. HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf
or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone
call, please visit: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 21, 2019 (84 FR 43536), the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development published a document
implementing the ``Demonstration To Assess the National Standards for
the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols.''
(``the 2019 document''). Through this demonstration, HUD is collecting,
processing, and evaluating physical inspection data and information,
and is improving and refining the NSPIRE model. On September 28, 2021
(86 FR 53570), HUD extended this demonstration through October 1, 2021.
During this demonstration, participants have not received an
inspection of record, meaning the result of the inspection is
provisional and does not result in a traditional score that is recorded
in Multifamily Housing's system of record, the Integrated Real Estate
Management System (iREMS). Because the demonstration has been running
since 2019, demonstration participants have not received an inspection
of record for several years, longer than HUD intended when HUD
initially established the demonstration. Therefore, HUD seeks to
prioritize providing demonstration participants an inspection of
record. Through this notification, HUD is informing Multifamily Housing
program participants who are currently in this demonstration and have
yet to receive an inspection of record since joining the demonstration
that between April 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023, HUD intends to
conduct an inspection using the NSPIRE standards and scoring and that
this inspection will be considered an inspection of record.
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#571904071e05127a13323a387a1827237a182223173f223379303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="561805061f04137b12333b397b1926227b192322163e233278313920">[email protected]</span></a> no later than March 1, 2023. Demonstration
participants who opt out of the demonstration will be subject to a UPCS
inspection of record.
Additionally, through this notification, HUD is revising the end of
this demonstration to align with 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.
This Notification provides operating instructions and procedures in
connection with activities under a Federal Register document that has
previously been subject to a required environmental review.
Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(4), this Notification is
categorically excluded from environmental review under the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.)
Dominique G. Blom,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 2023-01354 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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