City View Towers — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 657 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA 01854

Latest published score NSPIRE
77 Watch
out of 100 Inspected April 9, 2025

Scores higher than 5% of Massachusetts’s 1,293 currently scored properties · state median 94

Under NSPIRE, a score below 60 is failing; 60–79 puts a property on a more frequent inspection cycle.

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 September 27, 2000 — scored 98.18 (REAC (UPCS)) December 6, 2001 — scored 97.37 (REAC (UPCS)) September 22, 2003 — scored 93.78 (REAC (UPCS)) November 23, 2004 — scored 95.57 (REAC (UPCS)) March 20, 2006 — scored 95.01 (REAC (UPCS)) January 26, 2007 — scored 96.7 (REAC (UPCS)) February 13, 2009 — scored 75.38 (REAC (UPCS)) November 8, 2009 — scored 97.09 (REAC (UPCS)) February 2, 2015 — scored 98 (REAC (UPCS)) February 14, 2018 — scored 93 (REAC (UPCS)) April 9, 2025 — scored 77 (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
April 9, 2025 77 NSPIRE
February 14, 2018 93 REAC (UPCS)
February 2, 2015 98 REAC (UPCS)
November 8, 2009 97.09 REAC (UPCS)
February 13, 2009 75.38 REAC (UPCS)
January 26, 2007 96.7 REAC (UPCS)
March 20, 2006 95.01 REAC (UPCS)
November 23, 2004 95.57 REAC (UPCS)
September 22, 2003 93.78 REAC (UPCS)
December 6, 2001 97.37 REAC (UPCS)
September 27, 2000 98.18 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.