Fern Street Manor — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 917 Fern St Apt A, Madison, NC 27025

Latest published score NSPIRE
46 Failing
out of 100 Inspected March 7, 2024

Scores higher than 2% of North Carolina’s 1,328 currently scored properties · state median 94

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 Madison Housing Authority’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 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 June 1, 2001 — scored 92.21 (REAC (UPCS)) January 29, 2003 — scored 80.2 (REAC (UPCS)) June 10, 2005 — scored 78.21 (REAC (UPCS)) December 12, 2006 — scored 77.69 (REAC (UPCS)) February 11, 2009 — scored 74.61 (REAC (UPCS)) January 28, 2016 — scored 89 (REAC (UPCS)) February 8, 2018 — scored 85 (REAC (UPCS)) March 7, 2024 — scored 46 (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
March 7, 2024 46 NSPIRE
February 8, 2018 85 REAC (UPCS)
January 28, 2016 89 REAC (UPCS)
February 11, 2009 74.61 REAC (UPCS)
December 12, 2006 77.69 REAC (UPCS)
June 10, 2005 78.21 REAC (UPCS)
January 29, 2003 80.2 REAC (UPCS)
June 1, 2001 92.21 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.