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District 7 Council Member — Bob Kettle Downtown, Queen Anne, Magnolia, South Lake Union, Belltown SDCI Records 2003–2025

SDCI Enforcement Accountability Dashboard — District 7

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 7 (Every complaint category, all years)
Total Records — All Complaint Types
25,583
All categories combined • 2003–2025
Complaints Filed
21,138
82.6% of all D7 records
Notices of Violation
2,689
NOV rate: 12.7% of all complaints
Missing Inspection Date
13,004
50.8% of all records — all types
All Complaint Types
25,583
Total D7 records
all categories, all years
Apply LLT Filter
8,094
Landlord–Tenant records only
blank + Emergency + L/T type
D7 LLT Share
31.6%
of all D7 records are LLT
citywide avg: 25.2% • above avg
Landlord-Tenant (LLT) Records Only — At a Glance, All Years — District 7
LLT Total Records
8,094
Blank + Emergency + LandLord/Tenant • 2003–2025
LLT No Inspection Date
69.7%
5,645 of 8,094 LLT records • citywide 62.3%
LLT Closed / No Result
67.2%
4,794 of 7,138 closed LLT cases • citywide 59.8%
LLT NOV Rate
16.1%
1,051 NOVs per 6,513 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)8,094100%
Complaints (CP)6,51380.5%
Notices of Violation (NOV)1,05113.0%
Citations (CI)981.2%
Tenant Relocation Orders (TR)4105.1%
Unfit Building Orders (UB)220.3%
No Inspection Date5,64569.7%
Closed / No Inspection Result4,79467.2%

District 7 vs Citywide — LLT Accountability

LLT Total Records8,094 • citywide 58,761
LLT Complaints6,513 • citywide 41,653
LLT NOVs Issued1,051 • citywide 11,341
LLT NOV Rate16.1% vs 27.2% citywide
No Inspection Date69.7% vs 62.3% citywide
Closed / No Result67.2% vs 59.8% citywide
Tenant Relocation Orders410 in D7
Unfit Building Orders22 in D7
LLT Annual Filings (year-by-year count) -- 148 cases in 2015; 1,250 cases in 2025148 → 1,250 (+745%)

LLT Records by Year — District 7 (Landlord–Tenant Only)

Showing LLT-filtered records 2015–2025 only. Source: D7_LLT_Smart_Analysis.csv

All Complaints vs NOVs by Year — District 7

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

What Tenants Are Reporting — District 7 LLT Complaint Issues (8,094 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: D7_LLT_Smart_Analysis.csv

Habitability Conditions
Habitability (all conditions)3,288
40.6%
No Heat / Heating Failure448
5.5%
No Hot Water296
3.7%
Plumbing & Water Failure2,075
25.6%
Mold & Moisture Damage637
7.9%
Pest Infestation1,689
20.9%
Structural Defects1,449
17.9%
Appliances & Equipment1,144
14.1%
Electrical Hazards762
9.4%
Fire / Smoke / CO Safety447
5.5%
Eviction & Displacement
Eviction / Notice1,367
16.9%
Displacement / Relocation1,319
16.3%
Tenant Rights & Access3,192
39.4%
Financial Abuse & Retaliation
Rent Issues & Overcharging893
11.0%
Gas / Utility Shutoff100
1.2%
Retaliation & Security288
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 Compliance318
3.9%
Tenants Mentioning Legal/Court Terms715
8.8%
Trash & Site Conditions442
5.5%

Top LLT Complaint Properties — District 7 (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
121800 SENECA ST, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
1011102 8TH AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
621110 8TH AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
56823 MADISON ST, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
541902 2ND AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
541820 MINOR AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
52700 5TH AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →
431823 TERRY AVE, Seattle WASearch SDCI →

Oldest Open LLT Cases — District 7

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
2006-04-211008208-VIInitiatedBlank/LLT104 1ST AVE N
2009-03-091018693-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT2216 11TH AVE W
2009-06-051019534-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT3402 15TH AVE W
2011-08-221025978-VINOV IssuedBlank/LLT2423 5TH AVE W
2011-09-211026169-VIWarningBlank/LLT420 BLANCHARD ST
2012-02-161026962-VIUnder InvestigationBlank/LLT1518 5TH AVE N
2012-12-261028817-TRReviews In ProcessBlank/LLT304 BELL ST
2014-05-051031892-VINOV IssuedBlank/LLT524 5TH AVE W
2014-08-181032684-TRReviews CompletedBlank/LLT2834 15TH AVE W
2014-08-211032724-UBInitiatedBlank/LLT2505 AURORA AVE N
2014-11-261033472-VIInitiatedConstruction , Emergency1501 2ND AVE
2016-06-011037578-TRIssuedBlank/LLT526 W MERCER ST
2016-06-141037675-TRInitiatedBlank/LLT1920 1ST AVE
2016-09-021038326-TRIssuedBlank/LLT811 W NICKERSON ST
2017-01-101039230-VINOV IssuedEmergency3039 HUMES PL W