HUDScores

Newport Heights Iiia — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 21 Sunset Blvd, Newport, RI 02840

Latest published score NSPIRE
59 Failing
out of 100 Inspected August 13, 2025

Scores higher than 2% of Rhode Island’s 329 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 The Housing Authority Of The City Of Newport’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.

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 June 23, 2000 — scored 82.84 (REAC (UPCS)) July 17, 2001 — scored 79.85 (REAC (UPCS)) March 3, 2003 — scored 98.53 (REAC (UPCS)) November 8, 2005 — scored 88.53 (REAC (UPCS)) December 5, 2006 — scored 75.12 (REAC (UPCS)) July 13, 2007 — scored 73.25 (REAC (UPCS)) April 11, 2008 — scored 89.53 (REAC (UPCS)) May 19, 2009 — scored 97.88 (REAC (UPCS)) July 17, 2014 — scored 97 (REAC (UPCS)) July 10, 2017 — scored 80 (REAC (UPCS)) July 23, 2019 — scored 90 (REAC (UPCS)) January 11, 2022 — scored 95 (REAC (UPCS)) August 13, 2025 — scored 59 (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
August 13, 2025 59 NSPIRE
January 11, 2022 95 REAC (UPCS)
July 23, 2019 90 REAC (UPCS)
July 10, 2017 80 REAC (UPCS)
July 17, 2014 97 REAC (UPCS)
May 19, 2009 97.88 REAC (UPCS)
April 11, 2008 89.53 REAC (UPCS)
July 13, 2007 73.25 REAC (UPCS)
December 5, 2006 75.12 REAC (UPCS)
November 8, 2005 88.53 REAC (UPCS)
March 3, 2003 98.53 REAC (UPCS)
July 17, 2001 79.85 REAC (UPCS)
June 23, 2000 82.84 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.