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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 8-2 <br />NSPIRE and HQS <br />Even once the HQS inspection standard has sunset, the regulations at 24 CFR Part 982 and 983 <br />governing the HCV and PBV programs will continue to use the terms HQS and housing quality <br />standards rather than NSPIRE. This is because the definition of housing quality standards (HQS) <br />at 24 CFR 982.4 means the minimum quality standards developed by HUD in accordance with <br />24 CFR 5.703 for the HCV program, including any variations approved by HUD for the PHA. <br />As such, the model policy uses the term housing quality standards whenever applicable <br />regulations use this term. Except in the chapter describing HQS, the acronym HQS is not used in <br />the model policy in order to avoid confusion between the umbrella term meaning housing <br />standards and the specific inspection protocol. The model policy only uses the term NSPIRE <br />when referring to specific NSPIRE standards. <br />EXHIBIT 1