New York City Housing Repair and Vacate Orders

The dataset contains records of repair and vacate orders issued by the City of New York for housing code enforcement. It documents official actions taken to address housing violations, though the specific number of records and data fields are not detailed. The data is maintained by the City of New York and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in housing code enforcement by tracking the issuance of repair and vacate orders over time.
• Identify properties with active vacate orders to prioritize inspection and resident relocation efforts.
• Cross-reference repair orders with other housing datasets using property identifiers to assess compliance rates.
• Map the geographic distribution of repair and vacate orders to target neighborhood-level intervention programs.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative City of New York government organization.
• The dataset was updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.

Limitations

• The total number of records (rows) and specific data fields (columns) are unknown, limiting analytical planning.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', creating potential uncertainty for commercial or redistribution use.
• The temporal coverage of the records (e.g., start year) is not provided, restricting historical trend analysis.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-22.

Geography

New York City