HUDScores

Washington Gardens — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 410 W Indiana Ave, Elkhart, IN 46516

Latest published score NSPIRE
59 Failing
out of 100 Inspected September 16, 2025

Scores higher than 3% of Indiana’s 812 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 Elkhart’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 July 11, 2000 — scored 87.85 (REAC (UPCS)) March 28, 2002 — scored 95.88 (REAC (UPCS)) April 20, 2004 — scored 95.81 (REAC (UPCS)) July 16, 2007 — scored 77.79 (REAC (UPCS)) February 7, 2008 — scored 73.34 (REAC (UPCS)) April 3, 2009 — scored 79.05 (REAC (UPCS)) June 17, 2013 — scored 73 (REAC (UPCS)) June 19, 2014 — scored 80 (REAC (UPCS)) February 4, 2016 — scored 60 (REAC (UPCS)) May 3, 2017 — scored 64 (REAC (UPCS)) February 24, 2020 — scored 59 (REAC (UPCS)) July 31, 2024 — scored 76 (NSPIRE) September 16, 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
September 16, 2025 59 NSPIRE
July 31, 2024 76 NSPIRE
February 24, 2020 59 REAC (UPCS)
May 3, 2017 64 REAC (UPCS)
February 4, 2016 60 REAC (UPCS)
June 19, 2014 80 REAC (UPCS)
June 17, 2013 73 REAC (UPCS)
April 3, 2009 79.05 REAC (UPCS)
February 7, 2008 73.34 REAC (UPCS)
July 16, 2007 77.79 REAC (UPCS)
April 20, 2004 95.81 REAC (UPCS)
March 28, 2002 95.88 REAC (UPCS)
July 11, 2000 87.85 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.