Ruth Lillian Barkley Apartments — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 42 Harrison Archway, Boston, MA 02118

Latest published score NSPIRE

91 Passing

out of 100 Inspected July 2, 2025

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Scores higher than 33% 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.

Every published inspection

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
July 2, 2025	91	NSPIRE
July 8, 2019	93	REAC (UPCS)
August 20, 2018	63	REAC (UPCS)
July 11, 2017	76	REAC (UPCS)
August 4, 2014	92	REAC (UPCS)
July 17, 2013	77	REAC (UPCS)
May 18, 2009	89.47	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.

Property record

Program: Public housing
HUD development id: MA002000106
Managed by: Boston Housing Authority (PHA MA002)
Inspections on file: 7 since 2009

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Inspection cadence

An inspection date a year or three back is normal: HUD inspects on a risk-based cycle, less often the better the last score, and this site reflects HUD's newest published file, refreshed weekly. How often HUD inspects

Where this came from

Scores come from HUD USER's physical inspection scores datasets (public housing and multifamily, 2000 to present). The numbers are HUD's, not ours. A score below 60 obligates HUD to act, but a low score alone does not prove current conditions — inspections can be years apart.