Ww ORIGINAL US. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Housing "9 Housing Inspection Manual Section 8 Existing Housing Program‘TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Purpose and Organization of Manual Overview of Housing Quality Standards I: FOR THE INSPECTOR ‘The Inspector's Responsibilities ‘The HUD Inspection Checklist How to Inspect a Unit Using the Checklist Additional Inspection Guidelines ‘The Tenant Briefing Session Scheduling During Inspection: Tenant-Ovner Issues After Inspection: Tenant-Owner Issues Influence of the Housing Market SECTION II: FOR THE INSPECTION SUPERVISOR ‘The PHA's Housing Quality Progran Staffing Training Communicating the Standard to Tenants and Owners Scheduling Inspections Quality Control Record Keeping Monitoring Progress and Effectivenes: by Analyzing Checklist Results 11: + ITEM BY ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Living Room Kitchen Bathroom Other Rooms Used for Living and Halls 11 Secondary Rooms Building Exterior Heating and Plumbing General Health and safety Page 10 14 1s 23 24 25 28 a1 33 33 34 37 40 a. aL 45 46 55 56 74 a1 90 94 106 119TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) APPENDICES Ae Chapter 5 of HUD's Public Housing Agency Administrative Practices Handbook for the Section 8 Existing Housing Frogram, 7420.7 and Section 882.109, 882.210 and 882.211 of Section 8 Existing Regulations Sample Completed Inspection Form Reserved Technical Section Criteria for HUD Field Office Consideration of a Variation of Acceptability Criterion for Unvented Fuel Burning space Heaters Checklist for Congregate Housing and Independent Group Residences Section 8 Existing Housing Program Inspection Checklist Page aan 170 194 195 au 27 223