Newark H A — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 187b Chadwick Ave, Newark, NJ 07108

Latest published score NSPIRE
53 Failing
out of 100 Inspected July 10, 2025

Scores higher than 4% of New Jersey’s 907 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 Newark 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 May 6, 2009 — scored 76.98 (REAC (UPCS)) June 13, 2016 — scored 62 (REAC (UPCS)) September 26, 2017 — scored 57 (REAC (UPCS)) March 26, 2019 — scored 62 (REAC (UPCS)) February 6, 2023 — scored 35 (REAC (UPCS)) July 10, 2025 — scored 53 (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
July 10, 2025 53 NSPIRE
February 6, 2023 35 REAC (UPCS)
March 26, 2019 62 REAC (UPCS)
September 26, 2017 57 REAC (UPCS)
June 13, 2016 62 REAC (UPCS)
May 6, 2009 76.98 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.