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Padmission Inspections

Complete HQS, NSPIRE and custom inspections, in the field.

Everything your team needs to perform and track inspections for housing programs — phone or tablet, online or offline, fully synced with Padmission Journey.

Available as a stand alone service · Included for active Padmission Journey customers
Phone or tablet

Conduct HQS or NSPIRE inspections from any device — guided for the field, not the office.

Real-time capture

Photos, notes, and deficiencies recorded against each inspection item as you walk the unit.

Online or offline

Inspect units anywhere — sync once you're back in coverage. No lost work.

Sync with Journey

Results flow into RFTAs, approvals, and payments automatically. No re-entry.

Why it matters

Inspections shouldn't slow down housing.

In most systems, inspections live outside the core workflow — creating delays, duplicate work, and missed details. When inspections are disconnected, move-ins slow down, payments stall, and households wait longer to get housed.

Faster lease-ups

Approvals move forward the same day a unit passes.

Fewer failed inspections

Better field data and structured deficiency capture.

Real-time visibility

Program and compliance staff see inspection status as it happens.

Audit-ready records

Every inspection tied to its tenancy — no orphaned files.

Documents from the field

The report is written, generated, and sent before you leave the property.

Every item, photo, and comment recorded on the walkthrough compiles into a finished inspection report — delivered to the landlord, the household, and program staff while you're still in the parking lot.

  • Generated from the inspection itself

    No re-typing and no back-at-the-office write-up. The document is built from the items, findings, and photos captured on-site.

  • Carries your organization's branding

    Your logo and program details on every report that leaves the field.

  • Sent to everyone in one delivery

    Landlord, household, service provider, and program staff — with the 24-hour items called out at the top.

  • Filed against the tenancy

    The same document lands in Padmission Journey, attached to the RFTA and the audit trail.

PI
Padmission Inspections inspections@hom.example
To: landlord, household, program staff
Inspection results — 262 Trantow Square Apt. 214, Unit 5
InspectionReport-262-Trantow-Sq-Apt-214-Unit-5.pdf 2 pages
Inspection summary report emailed from the field: a failed NSPIRE annual inspection for 262 Trantow Square Apt. 214, Unit 5, with a life-threatening exposed electrical conductor flagged for 24-hour repair, then moderate and severe deficiencies grouped by room

Sample NSPIRE report — life-threatening deficiencies surfaced first, remaining findings grouped by room.

The flow

From request to ready for lease-up.

Coordinated stages with clear ownership at every step of the move-in process.

01 Step 1
Requested

RFTA in Journey kicks off an inspection record — assigned to a field user.

02 Step 2
Scheduled

Date and inspector set; participant, service provider, and landlord notified.

03 Step 3
Inspected

HQS or NSPIRE walkthrough on phone or tablet, online or offline.

04 Step 4
Resolved

Deficiencies tracked through reinspection until pass.

05 Step 5
Ready for lease-up

Pass triggers downstream approvals and payments in Journey.

Features

Designed for how inspection work actually happens.

Works without a connection

Pull your inspection queue before heading to the property. Inspect offline — work syncs automatically when coverage returns.

Voice-to-text while taking photos

Take consecutive photos of an item while voice-to-text captures your comments in real time — no switching between camera and keyboard mid-inspection.

Schedule follow-up inspections inline

Book a reinspection from the same screen where deficiencies are recorded — no separate scheduling step.

Generate and deliver from the field

Send results, photos, and inspection documents before you leave the property — no back-to-office processing.

Built for housing programs

Designed for real-world program requirements.

Built around the actual standards your team is held to — not a generic checklist app retrofitted for housing.

  • Supports HQS and NSPIRE inspections
  • Structured deficiency tracking and documentation
  • Photo capture tied directly to inspection items
  • Designed for evolving standards
Two ways to run it

Standalone, or part of your system of record.

Run Inspections on its own as a field tool, whatever administers your programs. Run it connected to Padmission Journey and inspections aren't just completed — they're operationalized.

On its own

Standalone
  • HQS, NSPIRE and custom inspections on a phone or tablet
  • Works offline in the field and syncs when back in coverage
  • Finished report generated on site and sent from the parking lot
  • No change to whatever system you administer programs in

With Padmission Journey

Included
  • Linked to RFTAs and tenancy workflows
  • Results flow directly into approvals and next steps
  • Complete audit trail across inspections, leasing, and payments
  • Eliminates disconnected tools and manual QA
Field
Inspections (mobile)
↓ sync
System of record
Padmission Journey
downstream
Linked
RFTAs
Triggered
Approvals
Released
Payments
Built for field use

Guided workflows.
Real-time capture.
Clear outcomes.

Built for field use, not office work — every screen designed for one-hand use while walking a unit.

Inspections app showing bedroom checklist with Pass / Life-Threatening item buttons
Guided inspection workflow
Inspections app photo capture for a damaged outlet finding
Photo and deficiency capture
Inspections app Complete screen with Pass / Fail result and reinspection scheduling
Clear pass/fail outcomes
Get the app

Download Inspections.

Available as a stand-alone service, and included for active Padmission Journey customers. Sign up above to start a free trial, or — if your CoC already uses Journey — your administrator can grant access.

iOS
iOS 16 +
Android
Android 11 +
Sync
Real-time + offline
Access
Journey customers
Get started

See how inspections fit into the full housing workflow.

A 60-minute walkthrough of your real workflows. See how Inspections + Padmission Journey would land in your programs and CoC.

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