Hope VI, Phase 2 - Laurel Homes — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 513 Derrick Turnbow Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45214

Latest published score NSPIRE
35 Failing
out of 100 Inspected October 8, 2024

Scores higher than 0% of Ohio’s 1,740 currently scored properties · state median 92

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 Cincinnati Metropolitan 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 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 October 30, 2008 — scored 93.87 (REAC (UPCS)) October 16, 2009 — scored 85.71 (REAC (UPCS)) February 6, 2015 — scored 93 (REAC (UPCS)) September 12, 2017 — scored 77 (REAC (UPCS)) August 6, 2018 — scored 89 (REAC (UPCS)) October 8, 2024 — 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
October 8, 2024 35 NSPIRE
August 6, 2018 89 REAC (UPCS)
September 12, 2017 77 REAC (UPCS)
February 6, 2015 93 REAC (UPCS)
October 16, 2009 85.71 REAC (UPCS)
October 30, 2008 93.87 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.