What changed in 2018
Complaints rose. Inspection dates stopped showing up. Notices per complaint fell.
The City of Seattle open data portal had no last inspection dates until July 2025. Until then that column held map coordinates, for example POINT (-122.33 47.60), instead of dates. In July 2025 the City backfilled it, including records back to 2003. Only then could these shares be measured, so the last inspection date line shows what the portal holds today for complaints opened each year. A blank date does not mean no one inspected. The last inspection date report tells that story.
Three measures, one chart
Landlord-tenant complaints, last inspection dates and notices of violation, open data portal
- Complaints opened that yearright-hand scale
- Last inspection date: out of every 100 complaints, how many have noneleft-hand scale
- Notices of violation for every 100 complaintsleft-hand scale
2003–2017 · 15 years
- 943
- complaints
- 17.8%
- with no inspection date (168)
- 458
- notices of violation, about 49 for every 100 complaints
2017 sits between the two periods: 133 complaints, 32% with no inspection date.
2018–2025 · 8 years
- 5,476
- complaints
- 89.1%
- with no inspection date (4,881)
- 488
- notices of violation, about 9 for every 100 complaints
Show the numbers for every year
| Year opened | Complaints | No inspection date | Percent | Notices of violation | Notices per 100 complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 1 | 10.0 |
| 2004 | 39 | 11 | 28.2% | 34 | 87.2 |
| 2005 | 51 | 19 | 37.3% | 50 | 98.0 |
| 2006 | 72 | 10 | 13.9% | 39 | 54.2 |
| 2007 | 45 | 7 | 15.6% | 26 | 57.8 |
| 2008 | 49 | 11 | 22.4% | 25 | 51.0 |
| 2009 | 53 | 9 | 17.0% | 21 | 39.6 |
| 2010 | 54 | 12 | 22.2% | 24 | 44.4 |
| 2011 | 66 | 4 | 6.1% | 31 | 47.0 |
| 2012 | 74 | 3 | 4.1% | 27 | 36.5 |
| 2013 | 73 | 7 | 9.6% | 34 | 46.6 |
| 2014 | 53 | 2 | 3.8% | 25 | 47.2 |
| 2015 | 82 | 4 | 4.9% | 27 | 32.9 |
| 2016 | 89 | 23 | 25.8% | 43 | 48.3 |
| 2017 | 133 | 43 | 32.3% | 51 | 38.3 |
| 2018 | 421 | 332 | 78.9% | 41 | 9.7 |
| 2019 | 474 | 392 | 82.7% | 54 | 11.4 |
| 2020 | 409 | 365 | 89.2% | 67 | 16.4 |
| 2021 | 457 | 423 | 92.6% | 80 | 17.5 |
| 2022 | 708 | 664 | 93.8% | 79 | 11.2 |
| 2023 | 896 | 816 | 91.1% | 44 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 979 | 883 | 90.2% | 55 | 5.6 |
| 2025 | 1,132 | 1,006 | 88.9% | 68 | 6.0 |
Source: City of Seattle open data portal, code complaints and violations. 7,895 landlord-tenant records in District 7, 2003–2025: 6,419 complaints, 946 notices of violation and 530 other records.
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Dashboard charts, District 7
District 7, one chart for each question.
The same questions as the citywide page, for District 7 only. Select a chart to open it. Each one says where its data comes from.
Record types and enforcement
Complaints next to notices of violation, citations and unfit buildings, for each kind of record.
Open chartRecord types and inspection dates
How many records of each kind have an inspection date, and how many do not.
Open chartWhat tenants reported
Housing problems on one side, paperwork and law on the other.
Open chartCompleted and closed complaints
Out of every 100 complaints opened each year, how many have no last inspection date.
Open chartNotices of violation by status
Completed, issued, under investigation and more, and which have an inspection date.
Open chart
District 7 maps
Where the complaints are, on two linked maps with filters.
Open chartRecord types and enforcement, District 7
Complaints next to enforcement for each kind of record. Switch the view above, or pick one group below to see its numbers.
Data: the City of Seattle open data export, Code Complaints and Violations, December 31, 2025: 25,583 complaints and violations that fall inside District 7. Landlord/tenant takes every description that names it anywhere, every blank description is shown on its own, and every other record goes under the first category in its description. Citations and unfit buildings are counted with notices of violation as enforcement.
Data: the City of Seattle open data export, Code Complaints and Violations, December 31, 2025: 25,583 complaints and violations that fall inside District 7. Landlord/tenant takes every description that names it anywhere, every blank description is shown on its own, and every other record goes under the first category in its description. Citations and unfit buildings are counted with notices of violation as enforcement.
Select a group above to dim the others and see its numbers here.
Land use: 4,471 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,733. Notices of violation 422. Citations 316. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 19.8. 34.7% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Weeds: 4,171 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,330. Notices of violation 129. Citations 712. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 25.3. 44.9% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Construction: 3,929 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,085. Notices of violation 843. Citations 1. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 27.4. 24.3% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Noise: 3,828 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,639. Notices of violation 8. Citations 181. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 5.2. 68.6% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Landlord/tenant (includes one-word Emergency): 3,496 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,369. Notices of violation 121. Citations 6. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 3.8. 92.3% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Vacant building: 863 records in District 7.
Complaints 657. Notices of violation 191. Citations 15. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 31.4. 32.2% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Emergency (with other categories): 180 records in District 7.
Complaints 79. Notices of violation 101. Citations 0. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 127.8. 18.9% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Tree, Shoreline, ECA: 246 records in District 7.
Complaints 196. Notices of violation 49. Citations 1. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 25.5. 33.3% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Blank record type description: 4,399 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,050. Notices of violation 825. Citations 92. Unfit buildings 22.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 30.8. 54.1% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Record types and inspection dates, District 7
“No inspection date” means the City’s record has no last-inspection date. It does not mean no one inspected.
Data: the City of Seattle open data export, Code Complaints and Violations, December 31, 2025: 25,583 complaints and violations that fall inside District 7. Landlord/tenant takes every description that names it anywhere, every blank description is shown on its own, and every other record goes under the first category in its description. Citations and unfit buildings are counted with notices of violation as enforcement.
Data: the City of Seattle open data export, Code Complaints and Violations, December 31, 2025: 25,583 complaints and violations that fall inside District 7. Landlord/tenant takes every description that names it anywhere, every blank description is shown on its own, and every other record goes under the first category in its description. Citations and unfit buildings are counted with notices of violation as enforcement.
Select a group above to dim the others and see its numbers here.
Land use: 4,471 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,733. Notices of violation 422. Citations 316. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 19.8. 34.7% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Weeds: 4,171 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,330. Notices of violation 129. Citations 712. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 25.3. 44.9% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Construction: 3,929 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,085. Notices of violation 843. Citations 1. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 27.4. 24.3% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Noise: 3,828 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,639. Notices of violation 8. Citations 181. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 5.2. 68.6% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Landlord/tenant (includes one-word Emergency): 3,496 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,369. Notices of violation 121. Citations 6. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 3.8. 92.3% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Vacant building: 863 records in District 7.
Complaints 657. Notices of violation 191. Citations 15. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 31.4. 32.2% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Emergency (with other categories): 180 records in District 7.
Complaints 79. Notices of violation 101. Citations 0. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 127.8. 18.9% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Tree, Shoreline, ECA: 246 records in District 7.
Complaints 196. Notices of violation 49. Citations 1. Unfit buildings 0.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 25.5. 33.3% of this group's records have no inspection date.
Blank record type description: 4,399 records in District 7.
Complaints 3,050. Notices of violation 825. Citations 92. Unfit buildings 22.
Enforcement actions for every 100 complaints: 30.8. 54.1% of this group's records have no inspection date.
What tenants reported, District 7
Housing conditions on the left, paperwork and landlord-tenant law on the right. Each bar is the number of complaints that name the problem.
Data: STLCA's landlord-tenant master file, the 56,258 landlord-tenant records built from the City of Seattle open data export, Code Complaints and Violations, December 31, 2025. This chart uses the 6,419 complaints in District 7; the problem is read from the words of each complaint, and one complaint can name more than one problem. 1,169 complaints could not be assigned a problem.
Completed and closed complaints, District 7
Of the complaints opened each year that are now completed or closed, the percent that have no last inspection date in the record. Switch between the landlord-tenant records and every complaint and violation.
Data: STLCA's landlord-tenant master file: the 7,895 landlord-tenant records in District 7; 6,419 are complaints. Completed complaints: 2,634 of 3,909 have no inspection date. Closed complaints: 1,694 of 1,754. Years with fewer than 5 complaints are left blank.
Data: the City of Seattle open data export, Code Complaints and Violations, December 31, 2025: all 25,583 complaints and violations in District 7; 21,138 are complaints. Completed complaints: 8,409 of 17,287 have no inspection date. Closed complaints: 2,473 of 2,723. Years with fewer than 5 complaints are left blank.
Notices of violation by status, District 7
Where each notice of violation stands now (completed, issued, under investigation and so on), and whether it has an inspection date in the record.
Data: STLCA's landlord-tenant master file: 946 notices of violation in District 7. Status is the record's current status in the City file. 177 (18.7%) have no inspection date.
Data: the City of Seattle open data export, Code Complaints and Violations, December 31, 2025: 2,689 notices of violation in District 7. Status is the record's current status in the City file. 528 (19.6%) have no inspection date.
District 7 maps
Every District 7 complaint on two linked maps: housing conditions on the left, paperwork and landlord-tenant law on the right. Each dot is a complaint record, colored by the problem named in its description.
Data: STLCA's landlord-tenant master file, complaint records with a map point from the City.
What tenants reported
In their own words: mold, leaks, moisture lead the housing problems, and rent increases and fees lead the paperwork.
We read the description of all 6,419 District 7 complaints and counted the problems each one names. A complaint is counted in every group it names, so the groups add up to more than the number of complaints. This shows what tenants reported, not that a problem was confirmed.
Housing conditions
- Fire, smoke/CO alarms, gas2223.5%
- Structural, doors, windows65910.3%
- Heat, hot water, utilities64710.1%
- Mold, leaks, moisture98915.4%
- Plumbing, sewage4647.2%
- Electrical2463.8%
- Pests4717.3%
- Other housing conditions1,04016.2%
Paperwork and landlord-tenant law
- 3-day notices1282.0%
- Just cause eviction (JCEO)5128.0%
- Evictions and termination5378.4%
- Rent increases and fees6339.9%
- Deposits and refunds2423.8%
- Other notices (type not stated)2023.1%
- Lease terms and renewals4096.4%
- Other (retaliation, entry, relocation, lockouts)5388.4%
Other
- Other (noise, construction, public space)5718.9%
1,169 complaints (18.2%) are unassigned: no problem could be assigned from the words in the description. The City staff’s notes are not counted, except to find three-day notices and the JCEO label.
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Compared with the other districts
District 7 has the fewest notices of violation per complaint of the seven districts.
District 7 had 14.7 notices of violation for every 100 complaints, the lowest of the seven districts. District 2 had 32.2, the highest. For the whole city it was 24.6.
Notices of violation for every 100 complaints, 2003–2025
Highest to lowest
- District 232.21,976 notices · 6,128 complaints
- District 131.61,621 notices · 5,136 complaints
- District 426.41,232 notices · 4,659 complaints
- District 526.21,346 notices · 5,141 complaints
- District 625.31,064 notices · 4,203 complaints
- District 320.51,707 notices · 8,309 complaints
- District 714.7946 notices · 6,419 complaints
- Citywide24.69,961 notices · 40,540 complaints, including records with no district
Districts are as the open data portal records them.
Where the records are
Every District 7 record, on the map.
Each dot is a place with at least one landlord-tenant record. A bigger dot means more records at that address. Point at a big dot to see the address and the counts.
All 7,895 District 7 records have a map point from the City. All 7,895 fall inside District 7’s boundary.
The amber outline is District 7. The faint lines are the neighboring districts. The ring marks 1102 8th Ave, the featured property above.
Map points are the City’s own. The boundary is from the council district file STLCA saved on March 10, 2026 (SHA-256 2cea5e9437c6bb7d…).
How we counted
Where the District 7 numbers come from
- Records. Every landlord-tenant record on the City of Seattle open data portal whose district is 7: 7,895 records, 6,419 complaints and 946 notices of violation among them.
- No inspection date means the City’s “last inspection date” column is empty for that record. It does not mean no one came.
- Notices for every 100 complaints compares counts opened in the same year. It does not say which complaint led to which notice.
- What tenants reported is a whole-word search of complaint text. A complaint can count in more than one group. It is a signal, not a legal finding.
- Elevators. The STLCA cross-reference built September 12, 2026: 113 addresses citywide, 29 in District 7.
- The map and the moving list. Map points come from the open data portal; the 72 rolling records were drawn at random with seed 20261019.