District 2 complaint maps

District 2 complaints by problem type

A complaint that names several problems is counted under each one, so each list adds up to more than its total.

How to read these maps

• One dot is one complaint record. Several complaints from one address sit on top of each other; click a dot to see the others at that address.
• Left map: housing conditions. Right map: paperwork and landlord-tenant law. A complaint that names both appears on both maps. The two maps move together.
• The light shapes are the seven council districts (outlines from the City’s council district file); blue-gray is water or outside the city. District 2 has the dark outline. The map has no street tiles, so industrial areas with few homes, such as the Duwamish valley, show no gray dots but are still land.
• District 2 is in full color; the rest of the city is faded context. Click a faded dot to jump to that district’s page for the details.
• The color is the problem named in the description. A complaint that names several problems in one map takes the first matching color in that map’s list, and the card lists all of them.
• 3-day notices are found by wording. The description or the City’s staff note says “3-day notice” or “three day notice” (or a 3-day pay, comply or vacate). It can be an eviction notice or another kind, such as a notice of entry or repairs. The card shows the phrase and which field it came from.
• Just cause eviction (JCEO) comes from the City’s JCEO label or from “just cause” wording. The JCEO label is a staff code, usually in the City staff note (some are typed in the description). The card says which one a dot is based on. Many of these complaints also name an eviction, a rent increase or a lease problem. They show the JCEO color (only a 3-day notice is listed ahead of it); untick JCEO to see their other color.
• Unassigned (black) means no problem could be assigned from the description. It does not mean there was no problem.
• The other problem types come from STLCA’s word rules, listed on the How we counted page. Borderline wording is left out, so a missing color is not a finding either way.
• The City label (POTA, HOUSING and others) is staff-entered, in the City staff note. The filter lets you compare it with the map. Apart from JCEO it never colors a dot.
• “Inspection date in the record” is a data flag. It shows whether the City’s export has an inspection date for the complaint. It is not proof that an inspection did or did not happen.