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Building code inspection data surfacing reports on particular properties from code enforcement officials. This dataset can be useful for tracking neighborhood blight and identifying problem landlords. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | No | This data was provided as a one time response to a public records inquiry. When this data is released on a schedule it will appear on Providence's open data portal at data.providenceri.com To request updated data individuals may also submit a public records request at https://providenceri.nextrequest.com |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | XLS | |
| findable | 1 | |
| findable_steps | From the city's homepage navigate to the Public Record Requests portal and search for past requests that involve property violations | |
| licence_url | https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/ | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 1 | The violations are not categorized uniformly and knowledge of the property maintenance code is necessary in order to properly understand the nature of each violation and the processes following citation. See here for an example of work done with this type of data: https://davidtreich.x10host.com/2017/01/17/housing-code-violations-in-providence/ |
| collector_name | Providence Department of Inspections and Standards, Code Enforcement Division | |
| characteristics | Location, Type or description, Status (open, closed, etc.) | The date the first notice of violation was issued is included but not the data the individual violations were recorded. |
| location | href="https://providenceri.nextrequest.com/requests/17-535" https://providenceri.nextrequest.com/requests/17-535">rel="nofollow">https://providenceri.nextrequest.com/requests/17-535 - Property Code Violations 12 months |