311SA
The Better Futures Institute, in collaboration with San Antonio's 311 department, empowers the city's 1.5 million residents via the 311SA mobile app.
San Antonio, TX
https://4philly.net
4PHILLY
4PHILLY is a free, open-source, independent tenant tool that lets Philadelphia renters check any address against the City's public records, open code violations, rental-license status, and 311 complaints, before signing a lease or when fighting a landlord.
Active
Philadelphia
Built by an independent developer from Philadelphia's own open data (L&I, 311, property assessment), 4PHILLY turns scattered public records into a plain-language "4P Score" and record for any address, and even drafts 311 complaints and Right-to-Know requests for tenants. It also exposes a 60-day window in which an expired, rent-barring rental license stays invisible on the City's official map tools, shifting a small piece of informational power back toward renters.
- Org. type
- Grassroots / Indie project
- Project type
- Tool or platform
- Country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Language(s)
- English
- Categories
- 311 Systems, Civic data, Issue reporting, Open government data, Public records, Watchdogging government
- Added
- 2026-07-23
- Last modified
- 2026-08-10T10:18:14.000Z
Additional details
- Formats
- web app
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Issues addressed
- housing, landlord, corruption, civic space
- Geographic focus
- Philadelphia
- Geographic focus — country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Political unit
- city
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