This dashboard analyzes 45,286 housing enforcement records tagged with displacement and habitability issues (2003-2025). It reveals how enforcement status labels mask the absence of actual enforcement action, how unpermitted work correlates with displacement pressure, and which neighborhoods bear the heaviest burden.
These numbers show what the public record reveals about enforcement failure and displacement pressure.
93.4% of cases are marked "completed" or "closed," but only 1.2% resulted in formal violation notices. This means the vast majority of displacement/habitability cases are administratively closed without documented enforcement action. Status labels do not equal actual resolution.
The top complaint categories reveal the nature of the enforcement failure.
Pests and habitability issues dominate (38.1%), followed by unpermitted construction (22.5%).
District 1, 2, and 3 account for 50.6% of all displacement/habitability complaints.
Darker districts show higher complaint volume and potentially lower enforcement response.
D1, D2, D3: 22,918 records (50.6%) - Highest burden. D7: 4,818 records (10.6%) - Lowest burden. This geographic disparity suggests either higher displacement pressure in certain neighborhoods or lower enforcement response in others-likely both.
Displacement/habitability complaints are accelerating, with 2025 showing the highest volume in the dataset.
Notice the sharp increase in 2023-2025. This suggests either increased displacement pressure or increased tenant reporting (or both).
Status labels reveal the enforcement failure. Most cases are closed without formal violations or legal action.
83.4% marked "completed," but this does not mean violations were corrected or fines collected.
A case marked "completed" or "closed" does not prove that:
99.8% of displacement/habitability records have permit overlap. Landlords are conducting unpermitted construction while complaints are filed.
Nearly all displacement cases involve construction without permits.
Only 0.03% result in stop-work orders. Construction continues despite complaints.
When 99.8% of displacement cases involve unpermitted work, this is not coincidence. Landlords are using construction as a displacement strategy: conduct unpermitted work, create uninhabitable conditions, pressure tenants to leave, then complete the renovation with new tenants at higher rents. SDCI issues stop-work orders in only 0.03% of cases.
Keyword analysis reveals the specific harms tenants are experiencing.
Roaches (9,426), mold (4,125), and unpermitted work (7,633 combined) dominate tenant complaints.
497 records are tagged with both displacement/construction AND unpermitted work. These are the most dangerous cases.
These properties show the pattern: habitability complaint → unpermitted construction → tenant displacement.
When a property has both displacement/construction complaints AND unpermitted work, it suggests a landlord strategy: (1) Allow habitability to fail, (2) Begin unpermitted renovation, (3) Pressure tenants to leave, (4) Complete renovation, (5) Rent to new tenants at higher rate. SDCI enforcement is not preventing this pattern.
The enforcement funnel shows how few cases reach formal action.
From complaint to formal violation to legal action: each step filters out 90%+ of cases.
Pests, mold, and heat issues are concentrated in specific neighborhoods.
Roaches and rodents are the most common habitability complaint.
Mold complaints show similar district patterns to pest complaints.