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About this Tool Description: The Sample Single-Family Rehabilitation Specifications is a comprehensive library of housing rehabilitation specifications. The specifications are intended to be used in rehab work write-ups incorporated in contract documents. A quantity-per-item format helps assure that cost estimating and cost proposals are as accurate as possible for both the rehab program and the rehab contractors. It includes a number of green building items and corresponds to two other documents in the NSP Resource Exchange: the Sample Housing Rehabilitation Checklist and the Sample Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation Standards. This three-document set includes green building performance standards and specifications. How to Adapt this Document: This document should not be used as-is. Customization is required to make the individual work specifications relevant for your housing program. In the process of customization, users should adapt this document to the local climate, housing stock and program goals. These sample specifications are designed to be used with one- to four-unit dwellings of three stories or less. Many of the specifications might apply to multifamily properties, but multifamily properties are generally subject to more stringent life-safety code and other code requirements, and often have more complex requirements for egress, fire ratings, common areas, parking and mechanical systems, among other differences. Source of Document: The work specifications in this document were adapted from a template created and used by Community Development Software LLC and Livable Housing, Inc., a consulting and training firm. Specifications with the suffix [GREEN SPEC] were added with the assistance of Enterprise Community Partners and intended to be used to specify “green-build” improvements that follow accepted national green building standards such as LEED and the Green Communities Criteria. Disclaimer: This document is not an official HUD document and has n