mke-owner-networks

This repository includes data and code for identifying networks of connected landlords in the City of Milwaukee.

Visit to https://www.mkepropertyownership.com/ to see it in action!

data processing workflow

network nodes and edges

The owner networks are constructed with 3 kinds of nodes and 3 corresponding types of edges, or connections between the nodes.

kinds of nodes

• mprop owner (also WDFI corp registration, when matched)
• mprop address (owner mailing address)
• wdfi address (principal office address from matched corporate registration)

kinds of connections (graph edges)

• mprop owner TO mprop address - via each row of the MPROP parcel file
• mprop owner TO wdfi address - via mprop owner to wdfi corp direct match, then use wdfi principal office address
• mprop address TO wdfi address - the MPROP address exactly matches the WDFI principal office address

The resulting network graphs can be visualized using any network graphing software. See analysis-scripts/VisualizeNetworkGraphs.R for an implementation using the R package {{ggraph}}.

The result looks like this for the S2 Real Estate Group network.