Q&A: Does fixing a fail during the inspection stop the points from counting?

This week's question: A question I hear often in this work: "If my escort fixes a fail while the inspector is still in the building, do the points still count?" It decides how teams staff inspection day — whether the escort just watches and writes, or carries tools. I'll post the full answer as the first reply. Tell us what your team does when a fixable fail appears mid-inspection. — Admin

The answer, in plain words: yes, the points count. An NSPIRE score reflects what the inspector observed during the inspection — a deficiency that was present when observed is recorded and scored, even if your team corrects it an hour later. Only HUD's own inspection sets the official score. Fixing it on the spot is still worth doing, for three real reasons: the resident's risk ends immediately, the correction is documented the same day with photos, and for life-threatening items the 24-hour correction clock is far easier to prove when the fix happened during the visit. So staff the day both ways: the escort carries the small fix kit AND the log — the fix helps the resident and the record, just not the arithmetic. How does your team handle mid-inspection fixes? — Admin