About STLCA
Can Seattle’s housing-enforcement record be followed from complaint to closure?
STLCA uses public records to examine whether Seattle’s housing-enforcement systems can be reconstructed and evaluated, from the complaint through investigation, inspection or finding, correction, closure and reporting.
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Complaint
What was reported?
- 2
Investigation
What actions are documented?
- 3
Inspection or finding
What inspection information exists? What was found?
- 4
Correction
Is there evidence of correction or verification?
- 5
Closure
What does the closure record actually establish?
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Reporting
Can the public see and evaluate the outcome?
A case marked “closed” is a status, not proof the condition was fixed. We look past the label to what the record shows.
What this site is, and is not
Public accountability, not a replacement enforcement agency.
STLCA does not
- Issue orders
- Levy fines
- Compel compliance
- Make legal findings of guilt or liability
STLCA works to
- Make the record reviewable
- Identify documented gaps
- State limitations plainly
- Present feasible controls
Soft on people. Hard on evidence.
- Make the complicated understandable
- Preserve the evidence
- Explain what the records show
- Be honest about what remains unknown
Contact: contact@seattletlca.com