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Joseph H Mcdonald Hse — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 49 Old South St, Northampton, MA 01060

Latest published score NSPIRE
84 Passing
out of 100 Inspected December 15, 2025

Scores higher than 12% of Massachusetts’s 1,293 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.

Every published inspection

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 July 26, 2000 — scored 91.1 (REAC (UPCS)) September 27, 2002 — scored 82.38 (REAC (UPCS)) January 27, 2006 — scored 77.07 (REAC (UPCS)) September 28, 2007 — scored 80.3 (REAC (UPCS)) October 2, 2008 — scored 39.89 (REAC (UPCS)) October 1, 2009 — scored 92.92 (REAC (UPCS)) October 6, 2014 — scored 82 (REAC (UPCS)) June 9, 2016 — scored 83 (REAC (UPCS)) December 12, 2019 — scored 87 (REAC (UPCS)) August 15, 2022 — scored 94 (REAC (UPCS)) December 15, 2025 — scored 84 (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 15, 2025 84 NSPIRE
August 15, 2022 94 REAC (UPCS)
December 12, 2019 87 REAC (UPCS)
June 9, 2016 83 REAC (UPCS)
October 6, 2014 82 REAC (UPCS)
October 1, 2009 92.92 REAC (UPCS)
October 2, 2008 39.89 REAC (UPCS)
September 28, 2007 80.3 REAC (UPCS)
January 27, 2006 77.07 REAC (UPCS)
September 27, 2002 82.38 REAC (UPCS)
July 26, 2000 91.1 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.