Non-Commercial Short-Term Rental Licenses: New Orleans Permit Applications

New Orleans City Government tracks over 30 attributes for each short-term rental permit application, including operator contact details, spatial boundaries, and license status. Columns suggest detailed records for regulatory compliance, linking properties to specific council districts, police districts, and neighborhood organizations. The dataset's cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov indicates its role as a public accountability tool for housing and tourism policy.

Use Cases

• Mapping rental density and regulatory compliance using Address, Location, and Council Districts
• Analyzing application processing timelines using Application Date, Issue Date, and Current Status Date
• Tracking operator and owner information for enforcement using Operator, Owner, Operator Email, and Operator Phone
• Studying neighborhood-level impacts using Self-Reported Neighborhood Organizations (SRNOs) Boundaries and Zip Codes
• Verifying license validity and expiration using License Number, Expiration Date, and Current Status

Strengths

• Contains detailed geospatial annotations, including Blocks, Council Districts, and Police Districts
• Includes a wide range of administrative and contact columns, such as Operator Permit Documents and Owner Permit Documents

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and license are missing or reported as 'None' across all sources
• A conflict exists in the reported last updated date: Socrata shows 2026-05-29, while Data.gov shows 2026-04-12

Provenance

Source

City of New Orleans

Collection Method

Likely collected through the city's permit application and licensing process.

Freshness

2026-05-29 04:45:55 (from Socrata)

Geography

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA