Now scoring since October 1: the six affirmative requirements — and a HUD comment window open until November 30

News post, facts only. Since October 1, 2026, six NSPIRE affirmative requirements count toward the score in Public Housing and Multifamily inspections, under HUD Notices PIH 2025-27 / H 2025-06: fire-labeled doors, GFCI/AFCI protection, guardrails, HVAC, interior lighting, and minimum electrical and lighting. These items were in the standards before; what changed is that they now deduct points. Separately, HUD published a Federal Register notice on September 29, 2026 (FR-6086-N-13) asking for comment on proposed revisions to the NSPIRE Scoring Notice — including a correction to the sample-size table and a correction to a scoring example — with comments due November 30, 2026. If the scoring math affects your property, that comment window is the place to say so, in writing, before it closes. HUD's NSPIRE page: https://www.hud.gov/reac/nspire — Only HUD's own inspection sets the official score. — Otto Mergl, Admin