What changed in 2018
Complaints rose. Inspection dates stopped showing up. Notices per complaint fell.
In 2016 the City opened 89 landlord-tenant complaints in District 7, and 26% of them show no inspection date. In 2018 it opened 421, and 79% show none. Notices of violation went from about 48 for every 100 complaints to about 10. By 2025 it was 6. The record itself does not explain the change.
Complaints opened each year
Landlord-tenant complaints in District 7, by the year they were opened
Complaints with no inspection date
Share of each year’s District 7 complaints
Notices of violation for every 100 complaints
Notices opened that year ÷ complaints opened that year × 100
2003–2016 · 14 years
- 810
- complaints
- 15.4%
- with no inspection date (125)
- 407
- notices of violation, about 50 for every 100 complaints
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
2017 sits in between: 133 complaints, 32% with no inspection date. Every complaint that shows no inspection date also shows no inspection result. District 7 had fewer than 100 complaints in each year from 2003 to 2016, so single-year percentages in those years move a lot with a few records.
Show the numbers for every year
| Year opened | Complaints | No inspection date | Share | 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 |
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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.
P.I.E.R. cross-reference · Elevators
29 District 7 addresses show up three times: tenant elevator complaints, Fire Department rescue calls, and elevators without a current certificate.
STLCA matched three City sources by address: Seattle Fire Department elevator rescue calls, tenant complaints that mention an elevator, and the City’s elevator certificate list. Across the city, 113 addresses show up in all three. 29 of them are in District 7.
All 29 addresses, most rescue calls first
District 7
| Address | Rescue calls | Last rescue | Elevator complaints | Certified units on file | Units on file without a current certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 3RD AVE | 51 | 2025-06-22 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 710 CHERRY ST | 18 | 2025-03-10 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1102 8TH AVE | 16 | 2023-10-09 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 1600 2ND AVE | 14 | 2025-06-20 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1701 DEXTER AVE N | 11 | 2025-10-26 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2312 3RD AVE | 9 | 2025-05-10 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1922 9TH AVE | 7 | 2025-07-11 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2121 6TH AVE | 7 | 2025-06-28 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 1619 3RD AVE | 6 | 2023-04-08 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 1823 TERRY AVE | 6 | 2025-12-10 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 424 MINOR AVE N | 6 | 2025-09-05 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2900 1ST AVE | 5 | 2023-02-16 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 600 W OLYMPIC PL | 5 | 2024-07-28 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2550 3RD AVE | 4 | 2023-03-04 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2720 3RD AVE | 4 | 2025-08-01 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1600 7TH AVE | 3 | 2023-07-26 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 1624 BOREN AVE | 3 | 2023-09-11 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2132 2ND AVE | 3 | 2024-09-06 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 84 UNION ST | 3 | 2024-01-07 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1215 DEXTER AVE N | 2 | 2025-01-28 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 62 CEDAR ST | 2 | 2022-08-09 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1200 WESTERN AVE | 1 | 2023-07-05 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2030 8TH AVE | 1 | 2025-11-16 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 2410 W MANOR PL | 1 | 2022-07-31 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2415 WESTERN AVE | 1 | 2025-01-01 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3010 1ST AVE | 1 | 2024-10-15 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 420 BLANCHARD ST | 1 | 2020-11-01 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 510 MINOR AVE N | 1 | 2022-09-18 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 624 YALE AVE N | 1 | 2025-09-07 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Show our work: All 113 addresses (CSV)How we counted (printable)
Limits. The complaint count is a word search for “elevator,” so a few may be about something else. The certificate columns are a snapshot of the City’s elevator certificate list from January 31, 2026; a building’s status today can differ. A rescue call shows the Fire Department was sent, not why the elevator stopped.
Featured property
1102 8th Ave
District 7 · one address, 23 years of City records
The City’s complaint and violation list
- 107
- records at this address, opened 2003–2025
- 98
- tenant complaints, 72 of them with no inspection date
- 9
- notices of violation
Fire Department and elevator list
- 16
- Fire Department elevator rescue calls, from May 16, 2021 to October 9, 2023
- 14
- tenant complaints that mention an elevator
- 2
- units on the City’s elevator list with a current certificate
- 1
- unit on the list without a current certificate
Counted by the address exactly as the open data portal writes it: “1102 8TH AVE.” This is what the City’s record shows at the address. It does not say what caused any call or complaint, or whether a problem was fixed.
The public record
A random sample of District 7’s records.
These 72 records were picked at random from all 7,895 in District 7 (seed 20261019). Not hand-picked, not sorted. The list keeps rolling; point at it to pause, and click a record number to open it on the City’s own website.
Look at the last column. A blank date does not prove no one came. It means the public record does not say when anyone did.
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.