Buffalo Landlord Analysis
Investigated if homeowners residing outside Buffalo have higher housing violation rates and lower case resolution rates, using three City of Buffalo municipal datasets (Code Violations, Assessment(current) and Housing Court Cases).
- Key Finding: Non-local landlords accumulate 2.57x more violations per 100 properties (428.32 vs 166.34) than local landlords.
- Resolution Gap: Court resolution rates (~41%) significantly lag 311 closure rates (~96%), revealing a systemic follow-through issue.
- Outputs: ETL pipelines, enriched CSVs, and publication-ready visualizations including violation rate and resolution comparison charts.