HQS Inspections
When a Housing Choice Voucher tenant chooses a home, the unit must be inspected by a Housing Authority inspector to confirm the unit meets Housing Quality Standards (HQS). These standards ensure that families moving into your rental units are safe. Other rental assistance programs use similar requirements.
HQS inspections take place before a family moves in and annually or biannually after that. MPHA rent payment can begin the day a unit passes an inspection and a resident moves in.
MPHA will schedule the inspection and notify tenants and landlords of the inspection date and time.
Types of Inspections
There are two types of inspections: initial inspections, which are the original inspection of a unit before a family moves in for the first time, and annual inspections, which is scheduled once a year for each year the tenant lives in the unit after the initial inspection. Here are some specifics for each type of inspection.