Legal aid team says registry already includes three years of Jacksonville enforcement records

Jim Kowalski of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid described the technical approach for the registry, saying the organization used public‑records requests to load three years of City of Jacksonville code‑enforcement records into the site and will refresh the data monthly or bimonthly. "So what we've done, frankly, we can get the code enforcement records from any city through the Public Records Act. They're all public," Kowalski said.

Kowalski added the city’s public‑records responses in Jacksonville have been cooperative, and that the registry will prioritize showing repeat offender landlords while also highlighting landlords who respond quickly to complaints. He said the site will not currently include every possible dataset (for example, crime data is not part of the primary search) but the team hopes to link or overlay other public data sources such as the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office map and UNF research products in the future.