Salem St A — HUD inspection scores

Public housing · 630 Salem St, Malden, MA 02148

Latest published score NSPIRE
74 Watch
out of 100 Inspected January 12, 2026

Scores higher than 3% 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 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 February 3, 2009 — scored 73.33 (REAC (UPCS)) December 8, 2014 — scored 84 (REAC (UPCS)) September 28, 2017 — scored 86 (REAC (UPCS)) November 7, 2024 — scored 78 (NSPIRE) January 12, 2026 — scored 74 (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
January 12, 2026 74 NSPIRE
November 7, 2024 78 NSPIRE
September 28, 2017 86 REAC (UPCS)
December 8, 2014 84 REAC (UPCS)
February 3, 2009 73.33 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.