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Files a complaint directly with SF Department of Building Inspection.

DBI usually responds within 72 hours for housing complaints; commercial and structural complaints can take longer.

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Citywide DBI complaints overview

Context for your filing — recent activity across all of San Francisco.

Last 30 days
1,388
Last 90 days
4,153
Last 365 days
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% abated (closed cases)
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5635 / 0
Top division
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Daily summary

Updated 2026-10-26 06:13:38 UTC
Most-complained-about neighborhood (last 90 days):
Tenderloin — 460 complaints, primarily Housing Inspection Services
Least-complained-about neighborhood (with >0 complaints):
Presidio — 1 complaints
Trending up vs prior 90 days:
Japantown +142%, Presidio Heights +51%, Western Addition +45%
Trending down vs prior 90 days:
Portola −46%, Visitacion Valley −39%, Sunset/Parkside −36%

In the last 90 days, residents filed 4,150 complaints, with the Tenderloin being the most-complained-about neighborhood (460 complaints) and the Presidio the least-complained-about neighborhood with at least one complaint. Compared with the previous 90 days, complaint volumes rose sharply in Japantown (+142%), Presidio Heights (+51%) and Western Addition (+45%), while they fell in Portola (−46%), Visitacion Valley (−39%) and Sunset/Parkside (−36%).

Source: DataSF gm2e-bten · Summary by Cloudflare Workers AI (@cf/openai/gpt-oss-120b)

Most-complained-about neighborhoods · last 90 days

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Status mix · last 365 days

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Top divisions · last 365 days

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Time to close · closed cases

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Complaint map

Red = open · Amber = under inspection · Green = closed

Recent complaints

# Filed Status Division Neighborhood
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Source: DataSF gm2e-bten — DataSF Building Complaints dataset, refreshed daily. Generated at 2026-10-26 07:06:09 UTC.