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District 6: what the public record shows, and where it goes silent.

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Total records6,29511.2% of 56,258 citywide
Complaints4,20367% of records
Notices of violation1,06425.3 per 100 complaints
No inspection date66.4%4,183 of 6,295 records
Closed, no result64.4%3,678 of 5,710 closed cases
Executive summary

District 6 holds 6,295 of the 56,258 landlord-tenant records in the citywide file (11.2%), covering 2003 through 2025. 4,203 are complaints and 1,064 are notices of violation: 25.3 notices per 100 complaints, against 24.6 citywide. By that measure District 6 ranks 3 of 7, where 1 is the lowest notice rate.

66.4% of the district's records display no inspection date, against 64.2% citywide (rank 2 of 7, where 1 is the highest share). Of 5,710 closed or completed cases, 64.4% show no inspection result, against 61.6% citywide. 366 records still read "Under Investigation."

The share of records opened in a given year that display an inspection result was 83.2% for 2013 and 11.7% for 2025. The address with the most records is 2233 Nw 58th St, with 30 records and 1 notices of violation.

These are measurements of what the public record contains. A missing inspection date does not prove that no inspection occurred, and a closed status is not proof that a condition was corrected.

Findings from the record

Every finding carries its label.

Analysis

Notice rate: 25.3 per 100 complaints against 24.6 citywide.

1,064 notices of violation on 4,203 complaints.Citywide landlord-tenant file, 56,258 records
Analysis

66.4% of records display no inspection date.

Citywide the share is 64.2%.4,183 of 6,295 District 6 records
Documented

Inspection results on file: 83.2% (opened 2013) to 11.7% (opened 2025).

Share of each year's records that display an inspection result.Field: last inspection result, by year opened
Documented

3,678 of 5,710 closed cases show no inspection result.

64.4% of closed or completed cases in District 6.Citywide: 61.6%
Open question

What was inspected before those cases closed?

The public export does not carry an inspection narrative for each case.Answerable only from the City's own case files
Limit of the record

A lower or higher rate does not say why.

It may reflect a different mix of complaints, faster resolution, or thinner documentation. The record alone cannot separate these.How STLCA reads every district figure
District 6 against the city

Side by side.

MeasureDistrict 6Citywide
Records6,29556,258
Complaints4,20340,540
Notices of violation1,0649,961
Notices per 100 complaints25.324.6
Records with no inspection date66.4%64.2%
Closed or completed, no inspection result64.4%61.6%
Records still "Under Investigation"3663,749
Records with a blank record type61.1%60.3%
The enforcement chain

What the record shows at each step.

1. Complaint
4,203complaints among 6,295 records
2. Inspection
66.4%of records display no inspection date (4,183)
3. Finding
Read per propertyCity findings documents are read address by address in case studies
4. Enforcement
1,064notices of violation, 25.3 per 100 complaints
5. Correction deadline
Not in this filecompliance-due dates are captured per notice in property runs
6. Follow-up
366records still read "Under Investigation"
7. Verified compliance
Not a public fieldthe public export has no verification field
8. Closure
64.4%of 5,710 closed or completed cases show no inspection result

Record volume, by year opened

01943895847782003: 1020032004: 1222005: 1522006: 1642007: 16620072008: 1002009: 1172010: 652011: 8720112012: 1102013: 1192014: 1322015: 14820152016: 1362017: 1832018: 4292019: 41520192020: 5182021: 6712022: 7082023: 59420232024: 5742025: 5752025
Records per year opened. The last year (2025) is a full year of records through Dec 31, 2025.

Inspection result on file, by year opened

0%25%50%75%100%20032007201120152019202320252003: 70%2004: 62%2005: 57%2006: 67%2007: 70%2008: 87%2009: 80%2010: 89%2011: 78%2012: 81%2013: 83%2014: 78%2015: 70%2016: 74%2017: 60%2018: 20%2019: 18%2020: 19%2021: 25%2022: 17%2023: 19%2024: 14%2025: 12%
District 6Citywide
Share of that year's records that display an inspection result. Recent records may not yet have had an inspection.

Record status mix

COMPLETED: 4,497CLOSED: 1,213UNDER INVESTIGATION: 366INITIATED: 68NOV ISSUED: 45Other statuses: 1066,295records
Completed4,497
Closed1,213
Under Investigation366
Initiated68
Nov Issued45
Other Statuses106
Properties

Addresses that appear most in District 6.

AddressRecordsComplaintsNoticesClosed, no resultYears
2233 Nw 58th St3029187%2017–2025
505 Ne 70th St2826267%2007–2025
6900 East Green Lake Way N2624281%2017–2025
1545 Nw Market St2524090%2006–2025
300 Nw 80th St25250100%2023–2024
414 Ne Ravenna Blvd2420483%2018–2022
618 Nw 58th St2115447%2006–2024
1701 Nw 56th St19190100%2019–2025
8311 15th Ave Nw19190100%2022–2023
8201 Aurora Ave N1817189%2018–2021
2035 Nw 63rd St1716193%2017–2025
4251 Aurora Ave N1714350%2009–2025
4400 Fremont Ave N1610614%2017–2025
448 Ne Ravenna Blvd1641238%2005–2024
413 Ne 73rd St159689%2012–2025
Ranked by records at the address. A high count describes the record, not the conduct of any person or company. Property Outcome Reports for any address are available on request.
Open the timeline

How Seattle built the system, and what the record shows since.

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2012

RRIO created

CB 117569 became Ordinance 124011, creating Seattle's rental registration and inspection program.

Working timeline from STLCA's source review
2016

Tenant protections and monitoring

CB 118678 became Ordinance 125054, which directs the SDCI Director to report annually to Council on rent increases at units with outstanding code violations. Committee discussion of recurring rental-market monitoring followed on Sept 21, 2016.

Ordinance text on file; committee record
2017

Renters' Commission created

CB 118921 became Ordinance 125280, creating an advisory Renters' Commission. The same year CB 118974 became Ordinance 125343, rewriting RRIO reporting metrics. The first annual report under Ordinance 125054 came due June 15, 2017.

Working timeline from STLCA's source review
2018

Studies and workplans

A University of Washington and City Auditor rental housing study (July 24, 2018); the Commission's 2018 work plan; the Renting in Seattle materials (Sept 11, 2018).

Working timeline from STLCA's source review
2023

Enforcement concerns raised

Commission minutes record renters raising enforcement concerns. Nine 2023 SDCI findings documents for one apartment complex show six administrative closures.

Commission minutes; SDCI findings documents
Mar 2025

SDCI states the annual report was never prepared

In writing: "we've never prepared such a report."

SDCI email, Mar 7, 2025
Aug 2026

Council passes CB 121254

The rental junk-fee bill requires landlords to keep compliance records for three years and presumes a violation, rebuttable by clear and convincing evidence, where records are missing. Effective July 1, 2027.

Bill text, SMC 7.24.045 (CB 121254, version 3)
Entries marked "working timeline" come from STLCA's historical source review and are cited in each investigation before publication.
Limitations and method

Counts come from the citywide landlord-tenant file of 56,258 records through Dec 31, 2025. Districts are assigned by STLCA from each record's address and coordinates; 668 records could not be assigned. "Complaint" and "notice of violation" follow the file's own record-type flags. "No inspection date" and "no inspection result" follow the file's own flags and are measurements of the public record. STLCA does not add, remove or estimate records.

This dossier states no finding about the intent of any person or company. Named addresses are those that appear in the public record.

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