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US Building & Housing Code Violations
Open building & housing code violations from public city open-data (NYC HPD + Chicago), normalized to one schema with severity class, status, address, and geocode. Distressed-property signal. Public data only.
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Find distressed and non-compliant properties. This Actor pulls open building & housing code violations from official city open-data portals, normalizes them to one clean schema — with severity class, status, address, and geocode — and flags the recent ones (last 30 days). An open violation means a property that needs work, has a problem, or is in distress.
Live coverage: New York City (HPD housing) + Chicago (building). More cities on request. 100% public government data — no logins, no gray areas.
Who uses this
- Remediation / repair contractors (lead paint, mold, plumbing, electrical, roofing) — an open violation is a job that has to get done.
- Real-estate investors & wholesalers — violation-heavy buildings signal distress and deals.
- Property managers & owners — monitor a portfolio's open violations in one feed.
- Proptech, lenders, insurers — property-risk scoring at the address level.
What's in every record
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
violation_id | 19018190 |
violation_category | Housing maintenance · Building code |
violation_class | A (non-hazardous) · B (hazardous) · C (immediately hazardous) — NYC |
violation_status | open · complied · closed |
violation_description | Correct the lead-based paint hazard … bathroom, apt 7C |
violation_date | 2026-06-12 |
change_type | NEW = dated in the last 30 days |
address · city · county · state · zip | … W 145th St, Manhattan, NY |
lat / lng | geocoded where the city provides it (Chicago) |
source / source_url | provenance for every row |
Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull via the Apify API.
Inputs
| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cities / states | NY (NYC HPD), IL (Chicago building). |
| Filter | Empty = all. ["NEW"] = only violations dated in the last 30 days. |
| Max records per city | Cap the volume (and your cost) per run. |
Pricing
Pay per result — you only pay for the records you receive: $0.004 per delivered violation record. No subscription, no minimums.
Data sources & legality
100% public city open-data APIs, intended for reuse:
- NYC — HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations (
data.cityofnewyork.us) - Chicago — Building Violations (
data.cityofchicago.org)
Public property-level enforcement records — no personal data. The Actor only touches public endpoints, never logged-in or ToS-gated sources, and rate-limits politely.
FAQ
How fresh is it? As fresh as the city portals — NEW flags any violation dated in the last 30 days.
Which cities? NYC + Chicago now. Want LA, Philadelphia, Boston, or your city next? Request it.
Is this AI-generated? The data is real government open-data; an automated pipeline normalizes and de-duplicates it. No fabricated rows, ever.
What do the NYC classes mean? A = non-hazardous, B = hazardous, C = immediately hazardous.
