HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) Physical Inspection Scores
| Details | REAC physical inspection scores, inspection dates, physical condition category |
|---|---|
| Topics | HUD multifamily and public housing sites, REAC scores |
| Source | US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) |
| Years Available | 2023 |
| Geographies | points |
| Public Edition or Subscriber-only | Public Edition |
| Download Available | yes |
| For more information | https://www.hud.gov/stat/mfh/inspection-scores |
| Last updated on PolicyMap | May 2025 |
Description:
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) conducts physical property inspections of roughly 20,000 properties owned, insured or subsidized by HUD per year. The purpose of these inspections is to make sure that assisted families are provided with decent, safe and sanitary housing in good repair. Inspected properties receive an overall score from 0 to 100 based on five criteria: site, building exterior, building systems, common areas and units. Multifamily inspections note whether a site has health and safety violations or smoke detector issues.
The REAC score received by the property sets its “standard” and dictates how often HUD will return to evaluate the property:
- A score of 90 points or higher is designated a Standard 1 and required to undergo a physical inspection once every three years.
- A score between 80 and 89 is designated a Standard 2 and required to undergo a physical inspection once every two years.
- A score of less than 80 points is designated a Standard 3 and required to undergo an annual physical inspection.
Standard 3 performing properties with scores below 60 are referred to HUD Departmental Enforcement Center.
PolicyMap downloads geocoded data on HUD’s multifamily and public housing sites from three different resources at HUD and wherever possible PolicyMap linked the data using the property ID. The three HUD housing datasets included are the Multifamily Assistance and Section 8 Contracts, A Picture of Subsidized Households and the REAC assessment scores report. All points are geocoded by HUD; where coordinates were not available, the point was not included on the map. In 2025, there was no update for the public housing inspection scores. The latest data available from HUD (2023) was used.