Chair Hudson asks about major vs minor inspection failures and pilot re-inspections

I wanted to just ask, go back to the units that don't pass inspection, the failing inspections.

How many are major issues versus minor issues?

I don't think we have that with us today.

We can get back to you on what we have in our data as to just the breakdown in regards to.

And maybe what we can do is take that list that I read out the percentages of and know whether they're major or minor.

Okay, that would be great.

Yeah.

Thank you.

And how many, you may have mentioned this, and forgive me if you did, but how many apartments have been inspected as part of that pilot program?

I don't know that we have that, but we do about 8,500 a year at HRA, so it's probably, you know, nine-twelfths of that.

That would be my, but we can perhaps get that.

Nine-twelfths of 8,500.

I'm writing that down.

Has the pilot reduced the number of re-inspections?

It has simplified the number of re-inspections, right?

I think it has, and Andrea, please jump in as well, but I think to be eligible for the pilot, not everything's eligible for the pilot.

I believe it's five or more minor conditions, but I'll let the executive deputy commissioner.

Talk a little bit more about those specifics on the re-inspection pilot.

Yeah, thank you for that, Administrator.

So while it has simplified the process in terms of the provider will work with the landlord to remediate the issues and then send us photos and videos to show that it's corrected, many of the failures that we see are minor.

And so the way that the re-inspection pilot works is that if you have about five or less, that you can then do the expedited re-inspection.

So many of the items that Commissioner shared are minor inspections, like the water temperature, refrigerator temperature, and the clogged sinks.

Those are all minor repairs.

They're quick turnaround when the landlord is able to remediate quickly.

Are your definitions of minor versus major aligned with DOB and HPD?

Our apartment review checklist is aligned with DOB and HPD.

Okay, just confirming.

We partnered to prepare.

And then with the pilot, you've shared a lot of the learnings.

Are there any challenges that have emerged?

I don't know that there's challenges that we would say.

I mean, I do.

I think what's good is that we have found it to actually be useful and helpful, which was our hope, which is why we're very much looking forward to expanding it right across the system in the first part of 2027.

So I think, you know, with everything you learn along the way, but I think ultimately we see this as very positive and beneficial to everyone, especially speeding along, right, re-inspections that really just need to address a few minor issues.

Okay, thank you.

And I don't want to misspeak, but I think we have seen at least a slight reduction, which may be more than slight, from about 2.2 inspections per to 1.7.

So I think unless that's, unless that I've got that wrong.

That's correct.

Yeah, so that, I mean, so we've also seen some improvement there as well.

Okay, great.