Blossom Acres — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 1100 Circle Dr, Benton Harbor, MI 49022

Latest published score NSPIRE
35 Failing
out of 100 Inspected May 13, 2025

Scores higher than 0% of Michigan’s 1,136 currently scored properties · state median 93

Under NSPIRE, a score below 60 is failing; 60–79 puts a property on a more frequent inspection cycle.

What a failing score sets in motion

HUD refers a failing development for enforcement: the owner surveys what the inspection found, corrects it, and documents both back to HUD. Inspections speed up too — scoring below 80 already means a roughly annual cycle. A failing score does not by itself close a building, end its subsidy, or mean anyone has to move; most failing properties are re-inspected and recover. More on failing scores.

This development’s physical score also rolls uphill into Benton Township Housing Commission’s own assessment by HUD — its full portfolio shows how many of its developments are failing at once.

If you live here: conditions in your unit go first to the housing authority that runs it. If that goes nowhere, HUD’s Public and Indian Housing customer service line is 1-800-955-2232. A voucher unit’s own inspection is a separate system — check your own results.

100 80 60 0 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 HUD replaced REAC scoring with NSPIRE in 2023. Scores on either side of this line come from different standards and are not directly comparable. REAC → NSPIRE · 2023 September 8, 2000 — scored 81.47 (REAC (UPCS)) November 25, 2002 — scored 66.79 (REAC (UPCS)) September 30, 2003 — scored 67.91 (REAC (UPCS)) January 4, 2005 — scored 72.56 (REAC (UPCS)) February 13, 2007 — scored 60.01 (REAC (UPCS)) January 2, 2008 — scored 60.85 (REAC (UPCS)) December 8, 2008 — scored 64.61 (REAC (UPCS)) January 24, 2014 — scored 82 (REAC (UPCS)) October 16, 2015 — scored 90 (REAC (UPCS)) January 22, 2020 — scored 64 (REAC (UPCS)) May 13, 2025 — scored 35 (NSPIRE)
Scores as published by HUD. NSPIRE (2023–) and REAC (2000–2023) scores come from different standards and are not directly comparable.
Inspection date Score Standard
May 13, 2025 35 NSPIRE
January 22, 2020 64 REAC (UPCS)
October 16, 2015 90 REAC (UPCS)
January 24, 2014 82 REAC (UPCS)
December 8, 2008 64.61 REAC (UPCS)
January 2, 2008 60.85 REAC (UPCS)
February 13, 2007 60.01 REAC (UPCS)
January 4, 2005 72.56 REAC (UPCS)
September 30, 2003 67.91 REAC (UPCS)
November 25, 2002 66.79 REAC (UPCS)
September 8, 2000 81.47 REAC (UPCS)

HUD's published files sample the record: each snapshot carries a property's latest score at publication, so an inspection can be missing between snapshots, and no inspections conducted 2010–2012 appear in any file HUD still publishes. History here is assembled from every file HUD offers.