HUD Delays NSPIRE for Voucher Implementation Until 2025

On June 14, HUD’s Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Office of the Assistant Secretary sent an email to PHAs stating that the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate for Vouchers (NSPIRE-V) implementation compliance deadline has been extended until October 1, 2025. The email notes that this extension is being granted because it understands that simultaneously implementing the multiple new regulatory requirements that HUD has promulgated has been difficult for PHAs. The HUD email makes the following points: 

1. The compliance date for NSPIRE-V will be October 1, 2025—this will occur officially via a publication in the Federal Register;

2. HUD will reissue the original NSPIRE-V administrative notice with the new deadline;

3. Carbon monoxide alarm requirements remain in effect;

4. HUD will update the NSPIRE smoke alarm standard to include either hard wired or sealed, 10-year batteries in smoke alarms, and PHAs will still have to comply with this requirement by December 23, 2024;

5. The visual assessment standard for potential lead-based paint hazards still applies as NSPIRE did not revise the existing requirements;

6. Housing agencies that have existing approvals for criteria variations will still need those approvals reviewed by HUD, but the new deadline for doing so will be October 1, 2025.