{
  "meta": {
    "source": "Municipal open-data portals (Socrata SODA APIs)",
    "window": "2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30",
    "retrieved": "2026-07-18T21:17:59.647Z",
    "skipped": [
      {
        "city": "Nashville, TN",
        "reason": "data.nashville.gov not resolvable via Socrata catalog API ('Domain not found'); Nashville's open data has migrated to an ArcGIS Hub portal, not a Socrata SODA API."
      },
      {
        "city": "Dallas, TX",
        "reason": "Dataset e7gq-4sah rows stop at Dec 2019/Jan 2020 despite catalog metadata claiming a 2026 update; issued_date is also a plain text field. Data too stale for a current 12-month window."
      }
    ]
  },
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      "city": "Austin",
      "portal": "data.austintexas.gov",
      "datasetId": "3syk-w9eu",
      "totalPermits": 53935,
      "totalLabel": "All construction permits issued (building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and site development)",
      "newResidential": 3130,
      "newResidentialLabel": "New residential building permits (permit type 'BP', work class 'New', residential class)",
      "medianValuation": null,
      "medianValuationNote": "Declared valuation unreliable for this window (most recent new-residential permits show $0 pending finalization) — omitted rather than reported."
    },
    "IL|chicago": {
      "city": "Chicago",
      "portal": "data.cityofchicago.org",
      "datasetId": "ydr8-5enu",
      "totalPermits": 31555,
      "totalLabel": "All building permits issued (all types)",
      "newResidential": 1492,
      "newResidentialLabel": "New construction permits (permit type 'PERMIT - NEW CONSTRUCTION'; dataset does not separate residential from commercial, so this includes all property types)",
      "medianValuation": 350000
    },
    "NY|new-york-city": {
      "city": "New York City",
      "portal": "data.cityofnewyork.us",
      "datasetId": "rbx6-tga4",
      "totalPermits": 169113,
      "totalLabel": "All DOB permits issued via the DOB NOW: Build system (all work types)",
      "newResidential": null,
      "newResidentialLabel": null,
      "medianValuation": null
    },
    "CA|san-francisco": {
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "portal": "data.sfgov.org",
      "datasetId": "i98e-djp9",
      "totalPermits": 24492,
      "totalLabel": "All building permits issued (all types)",
      "newResidential": 63,
      "newResidentialLabel": "New residential construction permits ('new construction' or 'new construction wood frame' permit type, proposed use = 1/2 family dwelling, apartments, or group residence)",
      "medianValuation": 890000
    },
    "WA|seattle": {
      "city": "Seattle",
      "portal": "data.seattle.gov",
      "datasetId": "76t5-zqzr",
      "totalPermits": 6321,
      "totalLabel": "All building permits issued (all types)",
      "newResidential": 1214,
      "newResidentialLabel": "New residential building permits (permit type mapped 'Building', class 'Residential', type description 'New')",
      "medianValuation": 398785
    },
    "CA|los-angeles": {
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "portal": "data.lacity.org",
      "datasetId": "pi9x-tg5x",
      "totalPermits": 63552,
      "totalLabel": "All building permits issued (all types)",
      "newResidential": 4464,
      "newResidentialLabel": "New residential building permits (permit type 'Bldg-New', sub-type '1 or 2 Family Dwelling' or 'Apartment')",
      "medianValuation": 200000
    }
  }
}