Habitability vs. paperwork ยท Keyword-based analysis

Since 2018, most closed habitability complaints lack a published inspection date.

The revised November 8 analysis examined complaint descriptions identifying physical housing conditions and compared the availability of an inspection date field by time period.

2018 onward

75.1%

8,226 of 10,954

Closed habitability complaints in the analyzed group without a published inspection date.

Before 2018

12.1%

848 of 7,035

Comparable earlier complaints without a published inspection date.

The public record is not the entire inspection history.

The whole analyzed group includes 9,074 of 17,989 (50.4%) without a published date. A complaint may mention multiple categories, and a date field may be blank even if an inspection occurred. STLCA's revised report also identifies 6,925 of those 9,074 as review-only flags. That classification is not an enforcement finding.

Policy question

Can the City provide a complete dated event trail, an outcome for each investigation and a clear explanation of missing fields, with consistent definitions across years?

Read the reporting requestSee methodology and limitations

Source: corrected November 8 STLCA habitability/paperwork analysis, retained with supporting material in the private master. Comparison uses the analyzed group and is not a claim about all inspections.