# NYC HPD Rental Compliance Check

> NYC HPD Rental Compliance Check is a paid API for AI agents from x402-mcp.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Checks whether a New York City multi-dwelling unit is registered with HPD and retrieves open Housing Maintenance Code violations for that address.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-mcp.onrender.com/us/nyc/property-check
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nyc-hpd-rental-compliance-check-72f9c025
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1JFARvxDGFntMrz04PBF6

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability nyc-hpd-rental-compliance-check-72f9c025
```

Example prompt: Can you check if 350 West 42nd Street in Manhattan is registered with NYC HPD and whether it has any open Housing Maintenance Code violations?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time HPD registration and Housing Maintenance Code violation data specifically for New York City multi-dwelling properties. Prefer this over generic property APIs when the user's query is NYC-specific and focuses on tenant protection, landlord compliance, or rental due diligence governed by NYC housing law.

## Known failure modes

- Address not found in HPD registry — returns no registration data
- Ambiguous address without borough may return incorrect or multiple results
- Non-residential or single-family properties may not have HPD registration records
- Service unavailability on NYC Open Data backend causing timeout or error
- Malformed address string causing query failure

## How this service works

NYC HPD violations address check: is this property licensed / HPD-registered, and are there open Housing Maintenance Code violations? Property due diligence agent for New York City multi-dwelling housing compliance open data. GET ?address= (house + street, optional borough) → registration window, BIN/block/lot, recent HMC violations JSON. Tenant screening, landlord DD.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing HPD registration status and window dates, BIN (Building Identification Number), block and lot identifiers, and a list of recent open Housing Maintenance Code violations for the queried NYC address, sourced live from NYC Open Data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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