# NYC housing records

> Review NYC housing complaints, violations and registrations.

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## Start here

- [Install](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-nyc-hpd#capability-setup)
- [New to skills?](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/agents)
- [All skills](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities?kind=skills)

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## What it does

Give Norma the NYC property and the period or question to research. Norma looks up HPD housing records, keeps the original record links and dates, and reports the coverage of the search.

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## Install

Connect Arch Studio in Claude or ChatGPT, then return to your conversation and ask Norma for the task. Your assistant uses its available file access and tools to carry out the skill.

- [Add to Claude](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install?host=claude&surface=app&method=mcp)
- [Add to ChatGPT](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install?host=chatgpt&surface=app&method=mcp)
- [Setup guide](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install)

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## Versions and source

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · MCP — Available as MCP workflow instructions in compatible Claude and ChatGPT connections. The assistant performs the work with its own tools and permissions and verifies the actual result before reporting completion.

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · Open source — Included in the public plugin for Claude Code and Codex. In this version: NYC housing records — Find HPD housing violations, tenant complaints and residential building registrations.

- [Hosted release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/hosted-1-5-1-2-0692a162)
- [Read public source](https://github.com/AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects/blob/b85cba155ddbabe8e721fc79044e5a9ef4aa7540/skills/nyc-hpd/SKILL.md)
- [Public release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/public-1-5-1-2)

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## Usage

Ask Norma in plain language. With Arch Studio connected through MCP, no $ or / command is required. Norma is your assistant working with Arch Studio.

```text
Use Arch Studio to review HPD records for this NYC residential property. Separate complaints, violations and registration findings. Explain coverage and keep unavailable sources distinct from searches with no matches.
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## What it researches

### Complaints and violations

Norma keeps complaints separate from violations and retains their dates, descriptions and recorded status.

### Registrations

Norma researches registration and contact evidence through the applicable HPD sources.

### Dataset coverage

Norma verifies source coverage before interpreting an absence; a building-class shorthand does not establish an exemption.

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## Workflow

1. **Locate** — Norma resolves the selected property and requested period.
2. **Research** — Norma retrieves the relevant HPD housing records and reads their current source definitions.
3. **Report** — Norma presents the findings, original links and any unavailable or incomplete sources.

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## Pairs with

Norma can carry the housing findings into a combined property review.

- [NYC property report](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-nyc-property-report)

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## Related skills

NYC building violations — Review NYC building violation records and dispositions.

NYC property report — Bring NYC property research together in one report.

- [NYC building violations](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-nyc-dob-violations)
- [NYC property report](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-nyc-property-report)