Building Permits in 2019

The dataset contains locations and attributes of building construction and alteration permits applied for and approved by the District of Columbia Department of Buildings. These data are shared via an automated process where addresses are batch matched (geocoded) to the District's Master Address Repository. Users may find that some data points will contain 0,0 for X,Y coordinates resulting in inconsistent spatial locations. Addresses for these data points could not be automatically geocoded and will need to be manually geocoded to 'best fit' locations in DC.

Data and Resources

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modified 2019-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
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Groups
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Tags
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  • AmeriGEOSS
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  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • building-permits
  • construction
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  • district-of-columbia
  • dob
  • economic
  • washington-dc
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metadata_created 2025-09-23T23:22:05.858924
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T23:22:05.858930
notes <div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>The dataset contains locations and attributes of building construction and alteration permits applied for and approved by the District of Columbia Department of Buildings. These data are shared via an automated process where addresses are batch matched (geocoded) to the District's Master Address Repository. Users may find that some data points will contain 0,0 for X,Y coordinates resulting in inconsistent spatial locations. Addresses for these data points could not be automatically geocoded and will need to be manually geocoded to 'best fit' locations in DC.</span></p></div></div></div>
num_resources 7
num_tags 15
title Building Permits in 2019