Coverage

Types of inspections covered

Built for HUD housing quality work — the rulebook and the kind of visit, tracked together.

Standards (rulebook)

Standard

Housing Quality Standards — legacy and still-common Section 8 inspection rulebook for many PHAs and contracts.

Standard

National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate — HUD’s modernized physical inspection framework, including photo-oriented field work.

Visit

First inspection for a unit before or at occupancy — establish baseline pass/fail and findings.

Visit

Recurring yearly (or scheduled cycle) physical inspection to confirm the unit still meets the standard.

Visit

Out-of-cycle visit driven by a complaint, emergency, or other special request.

Visit

Return visit to verify repairs or clear prior deficiencies after a failed or conditional result.

Same capture tools work across standards and visit types. Orgs can use HQS, NSPIRE, or both. Landlord pre-checks use the same photo-mark workflow.