Scat Site South — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 1541 W Plainfield Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53221

Latest published score NSPIRE
46 Failing
out of 100 Inspected July 23, 2025

Scores higher than 1% of Wisconsin’s 911 currently scored properties · state median 93

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 Housing Authority Of The City Of Milwaukee’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 April 8, 2009 — scored 80.94 (REAC (UPCS)) June 4, 2013 — scored 67 (REAC (UPCS)) May 7, 2014 — scored 56 (REAC (UPCS)) April 30, 2015 — scored 87 (REAC (UPCS)) March 15, 2017 — scored 59 (REAC (UPCS)) March 13, 2019 — scored 42 (REAC (UPCS)) August 29, 2022 — scored 48 (REAC (UPCS)) July 23, 2025 — 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
July 23, 2025 46 NSPIRE
August 29, 2022 48 REAC (UPCS)
March 13, 2019 42 REAC (UPCS)
March 15, 2017 59 REAC (UPCS)
April 30, 2015 87 REAC (UPCS)
May 7, 2014 56 REAC (UPCS)
June 4, 2013 67 REAC (UPCS)
April 8, 2009 80.94 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.