The construction supervision and inspection requirements for Repair Escrows vary by the substance and cost of the repairs and alterations. Regardless, owners currently obligated to complete repairs that require entry to tenant units should delay beginning any such new work. In addition, owners with any current work-in-progress in tenant units should bring it to a prompt conclusion, even if it is not fully completed. They should ensure that they do not leave unfinished work that inhibits tenants’ full and safe use of their units, and communicate to tenants that remaining work, if any, will be completed when feasible to do so based on state and local guidance and guidance from the CDC. The MAP Guide organizes varied supervision and inspection requirements for repairs and alterations based on the level and extent of these activities as follows: 1) Routine Maintenance (e.g. repairs and replacements of limited extent and cost, no accessibility deficiencies unless they can be easily verified by photography, e.g.accessibility signage)-the owner can self-certify that the work is complete. 2) Repairs and alterations that are accessibility remedies- A supervising architect or HUD Construction Inspector will be assigned, and a single inspection after completion of all remedies will be sufficient barring a re-inspection for work not found to be acceptable on the initial inspection. 3) Repairs and Level 1 alterations up to $15,000/unit with no accessibility repairs -HUD Construction Inspector may be assigned at HUD discretion and if not, then owner may self-certify. If a HUD inspector has been assigned to a job in this category but is thereafter unable to sign a disbursement request, then the owner may self-certify each request other than the last or final. 4) Repairs and Alterations requiring a Project Architect, i.e. >$15k per unit or Level 2 or Level 3 alterations- HUD Construction Inspector and Supervising Architect must be assigned with the architect’s signature needed for each request for reimbursement and the HUD Construction Inspector normally required to complete at least three inspections. If the HUD Inspector is not able to sign a disbursement request following any but the last required inspection, the signature of the supervising architect alone will be accepted. If the supervising architect is unable to sign a single disbursement request (other than the final) then the owner may self-certify for that one request. In the case of numbers 3 and 4 above, there are normally three HUD inspections during the work. These inspections occur at construction completion intervals measured in thirds. When a supervising architect is engaged, the architect typically inspects and signs disbursement requests on a monthly basis with the HUD Inspector participating every third or fourth month. In all cases a documented, i.e., a recorded, virtual inspection will be acceptable. (Added on 4/2/20)