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District 3 Council Member — Joy Hollingsworth Capitol Hill, First Hill, Central District, Squire Park, Montlake SDCI Records 2003–2025

SDCI Enforcement Accountability Dashboard — District 3

Source: CITYWIDE_ALL_20251231_ENRICHED_01272025 • Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections open complaint records • LLT Rule: RecordTypeDesc blank, contains “Emergency,” or contains “LandLord/Tenant” • All figures computed directly from SDCI open data. 2,671 records citywide (1.1%) had no district geocode and are excluded from district counts.

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All Record Types — District 3 (Every complaint category, all years)
Total Records — All Complaint Types
36,759
All categories combined • 2003–2025
Complaints Filed
28,564
77.7% of all D3 records
Notices of Violation
4,766
NOV rate: 16.7% of all complaints
Missing Inspection Date
16,080
43.7% of all records — all types
All Complaint Types
36,759
Total D3 records
all categories, all years
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11,351
Landlord–Tenant records only
blank + Emergency + L/T type
D3 LLT Share
30.9%
of all D3 records are LLT
citywide avg: 25.2% • above avg
Landlord-Tenant (LLT) Records Only — At a Glance, All Years — District 3
LLT Total Records
11,351
Blank + Emergency + LandLord/Tenant • 2003–2025
LLT No Inspection Date
65.2%
7,406 of 11,351 LLT records • citywide 62.3%
LLT Closed / No Result
62.9%
6,460 of 10,267 closed LLT cases • citywide 59.8%
LLT NOV Rate
22.0%
1,856 NOVs per 8,419 complaints • citywide 27.2%
SDCI Citywide: Cases Referred to Law
48 LLT cases ever referred to law — out of 58,761 LLT records (2003–2025)
“Referred to Law” is SDCI’s own StatusCurrent field designation. 198 total records across all categories were ever referred to law out of 233,543 total records. Source: SDCI open data.

Landlord-Tenant (LLT) — At a Glance, All Years

The top-line total is the sum of all record sub-types shown in this table.

CategoryCount% of LLT
Total LLT Records (sum of all below)11,351100%
Complaints (CP)8,41974.2%
Notices of Violation (NOV)1,85616.4%
Citations (CI)2071.8%
Tenant Relocation Orders (TR)8137.2%
Unfit Building Orders (UB)560.5%
No Inspection Date7,40665.2%
Closed / No Inspection Result6,46062.9%

District 3 vs Citywide — LLT Accountability

LLT Total Records11,351 • citywide 58,761
LLT Complaints8,419 • citywide 41,653
LLT NOVs Issued1,856 • citywide 11,341
LLT NOV Rate22.0% vs 27.2% citywide
No Inspection Date65.2% vs 62.3% citywide
Closed / No Result62.9% vs 59.8% citywide
Tenant Relocation Orders813 in D3
Unfit Building Orders56 in D3
LLT Annual Filings (year-by-year count) -- 264 cases in 2015; 1,351 cases in 2025264 → 1,351 (+412%)

LLT Records by Year — District 3 (Landlord–Tenant Only)

Showing LLT-filtered records 2015–2025 only. Source: D3_LLT_Smart_Analysis.csv

All Complaints vs NOVs by Year — District 3

All complaint types. NOV rate measures enforcement response across all categories.

What Tenants Are Reporting — District 3 LLT Complaint Issues (11,351 records)

Complaint descriptions analyzed using spaCy lemmatization + rapidfuzz fuzzy matching across 19 issue categories. One complaint may match multiple categories. Percentages are of all LLT complaints in this district. Source: D3_LLT_Smart_Analysis.csv

Habitability Conditions
Habitability (all conditions)4,609
40.6%
No Heat / Heating Failure818
7.2%
No Hot Water414
3.6%
Plumbing & Water Failure2,799
24.7%
Mold & Moisture Damage900
7.9%
Pest Infestation2,251
19.8%
Structural Defects1,963
17.3%
Appliances & Equipment1,814
16.0%
Electrical Hazards1,219
10.7%
Fire / Smoke / CO Safety568
5.0%
Eviction & Displacement
Eviction / Notice1,735
15.3%
Displacement / Relocation2,057
18.1%
Tenant Rights & Access4,145
36.5%
Financial Abuse & Retaliation
Rent Issues & Overcharging1,065
9.4%
Gas / Utility Shutoff155
1.4%
Retaliation & Security411
3.6%
Permit & Legal
Note: these counts reflect complaint descriptions mentioning permit or legal terms -- not SDCI's official "Referred to Law" enforcement status. Only 48 LLT cases citywide were formally referred to law in 20+ years of records.
Permit / Code Compliance432
3.8%
Tenants Mentioning Legal/Court Terms943
8.3%
Trash & Site Conditions621
5.5%

Top LLT Complaint Properties — District 3 (All Years 2003–2025)

Addresses with the highest LLT complaint counts in SDCI records. These are the properties with the most documented tenant-landlord enforcement activity in the district.

LLT ComplaintsAddressSDCI Records
791727 SUMMIT AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
67430 12TH AVE E, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
58903 UNION ST, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
45915 E HARRISON ST, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
44418 E LORETTA PL, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
43155 21ST AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
431317 BOREN AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
411400 MADISON ST, Seattle WASearch SDCI →

Oldest Open LLT Cases — District 3

Landlord-Tenant cases only (blank RecordTypeDesc, Emergency, or LandLord/Tenant). Record numbers link directly to the SDCI public portal. These LLT cases have been open the longest with no documented resolution.

Note on category labels: SDCI record categories (Blank, Construction, Emergency, etc.) reflect SDCI's own classification at intake, not the underlying complaint content. Due to how SDCI categorizes records, tenant-related complaints -- habitability, utilities, access, illegal eviction -- may appear under Blank, Construction, or other non-LLT categories. This table applies the LLT filter rule (blank + Emergency + LandLord/Tenant type), but a full picture of tenant impact at any address would require manually reviewing each case in the SDCI services portal. The pattern of recurrence and the absence of resolution is itself the documented finding.

Open DateRecord NumberStatusCategoryAddress
2003-11-261001072-TRIssuedBlank/LLT2411 24TH AVE E(Seattle Public Library — relocation payment, not a complaint)
2007-07-191012847-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT1906 24TH AVE S
2007-07-191012851-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT1909 25TH AVE S
2007-07-191012857-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT2415 S HOLGATE ST
2007-07-191012859-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT2423 S HOLGATE ST
2008-03-191015230-VIReferred to LawBlank/LLT1520 11TH AVE
2008-06-091016122-VINOV IssuedBlank/LLT126 27TH AVE E
2010-02-251021863-UBReferred to LawBlank/LLT1820 E UNION ST
2011-08-311026038-VINOV IssuedBlank/LLT1737 BELMONT AVE
2011-11-181026483-VINOV IssuedBlank/LLT3016 E HOWELL ST
2012-02-061026883-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT355 15TH AVE
2013-05-161029610-VINOV IssuedBlank/LLT513 31ST AVE
2013-06-071029758-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT3014 E HOWELL ST
2013-08-091030267-VIUnder InvestigationBlank/LLT316 27TH AVE
2013-09-111030475-VINOV IssuedBlank/LLT534 26TH AVE S