Yes. In most cases, reimbursement requests for work completed in the prior period will be approved even when either the supervising architect or the HUD inspector, or both, are unable to conduct an on-site inspection of the property due to the COVID-19 emergency. HUD will accept the supervising architect’s verification of the work completed based on a recorded virtual inspection and virtual site meeting if the supervising architect and/or the HUD inspector are not able to be present onsite. Enabling virtual inspections and site meetings will require extra initiative and coordination among the supervising architect, HUD Inspector, general contractor and owner’s representative. Notwithstanding this additional flexibility, the contractual responsibility and liability for checking the work and signing off on the reimbursement request remains with the supervising architect. Normally, both the architect and the HUD Inspector must sign a draw request, but HUD will approve a draw without the HUD Inspector’s signature as a one-time event, provided any work claimed but later disallowed by the HUD Inspector will be subtracted from the draw request for the following month. The general contractor will bear full responsibility for any costs and delays caused by any reconstruction work required to correct errors in work that is later disallowed. HUD’s working assumption is that if neither the supervising architect nor the HUD Inspector can inspect the completed work, the most likely cause is that the construction site has been shut down. In the event of a site shutdown, the parties should endeavor to arrange a virtual inspection as soon as possible in order to establish and verify the extent and amount of work completed but not yet paid. (Added on 4/2/20)