Housing quality issues and HUD inspection problems raised at pilot reform session
Committee members cited cases of unit-level housing problems that current inspection regimes miss and suggested adapting HUD's INSPIRE/REAC-style unit-level inspection to detect mold, broken grab bars and nonfunctional elevators; Memphis Towers and John Madison Exum Towers were singled out as examples.
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During the working session members raised concerns that current inspection practices focus on model units and common areas rather than entering occupied units to detect health-and-safety issues.
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