Remove All Encumbrances Consisting Of Household Items At Public
HPD order 838 · cites NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2005 · written Apr 12, 2000 – Aug 6, 2026
HPD has written 3,967 violations under order 838, "Remove All Encumbrances Consisting Of Household Items At Public", citing NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2005. 2,536 are open right now, 2,507 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.
Open now
2,536
Open past deadline
2,507
Closed
1,431
All time
3,967
Class C (immediately hazardous)
0
How order 838 is actually enforced
123 notices (3.1%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
65 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 3 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
60 repairs were certified after the deadline.
1,266 notices (31.9%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
Order 838is HPD’s standard wording for one kind of condition. The legal duty it enforces is NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2005, "Duties of owner". The section page carries the statute text, the measured cure times and the full enforcement record.