Boulevard Gardens — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 421 E 6th St, Michigan City, IN 46360

Latest published score NSPIRE
47 Failing
out of 100 Inspected December 22, 2025

Scores higher than 2% of Indiana’s 812 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 Housing Authority Of The City Of Michigan City’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 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 December 18, 2008 — scored 59.77 (REAC (UPCS)) October 21, 2013 — scored 77 (REAC (UPCS)) November 23, 2015 — scored 79 (REAC (UPCS)) January 22, 2020 — scored 62 (REAC (UPCS)) March 30, 2022 — scored 84 (REAC (UPCS)) December 22, 2025 — scored 47 (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
December 22, 2025 47 NSPIRE
March 30, 2022 84 REAC (UPCS)
January 22, 2020 62 REAC (UPCS)
November 23, 2015 79 REAC (UPCS)
October 21, 2013 77 REAC (UPCS)
December 18, 2008 59.77 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.