Building and site deductions: the points outside the units

Pre-walk energy usually goes to units, because units are sampled and personal. But the NSPIRE score is built from all three inspectable areas — unit, building, and site — and building and site deductions are the ones a whole crew can walk past for months: the fire door that does not latch, the exit sign that went dark, the sidewalk lift at the main entrance. Those items are also the cheapest to control, because they do not depend on which units get drawn. A useful exercise before your next inspection: add up only your building and site pre-walk fails and ask what they alone would cost. Teams that run that math tend to fix the corridor items first. Only HUD's own inspection sets the official score. — Otto Mergl, Admin