Sunset Homes — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 1022 5th St Sw, Sidney, MT 59270

Latest published score NSPIRE
51 Failing
out of 100 Inspected May 19, 2025

Scores higher than 1% of Montana’s 135 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 Richland County 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 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 22, 2000 — scored 79.09 (REAC (UPCS)) May 22, 2001 — scored 91.29 (REAC (UPCS)) February 26, 2003 — scored 92.55 (REAC (UPCS)) October 8, 2005 — scored 97.08 (REAC (UPCS)) July 5, 2007 — scored 77.25 (REAC (UPCS)) April 3, 2009 — scored 84.12 (REAC (UPCS)) July 10, 2013 — scored 88 (REAC (UPCS)) March 25, 2016 — scored 88 (REAC (UPCS)) May 19, 2025 — scored 51 (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
May 19, 2025 51 NSPIRE
March 25, 2016 88 REAC (UPCS)
July 10, 2013 88 REAC (UPCS)
April 3, 2009 84.12 REAC (UPCS)
July 5, 2007 77.25 REAC (UPCS)
October 8, 2005 97.08 REAC (UPCS)
February 26, 2003 92.55 REAC (UPCS)
May 22, 2001 91.29 REAC (UPCS)
June 22, 2000 79.09 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.