{
  "page": "https://instabids.ai/us/ma/suffolk/boston/building-permits",
  "title": "Boston, MA Permit Search: Look Up, Apply, Rules",
  "skill": "permits@3.4.2",
  "updated": "2026-10-29",
  "rows": [
    {
      "label": "Inspector contact after an inspection request",
      "value": "Within 48 hours, to set the inspection date.",
      "source": "How to Schedule an Inspection | Boston.gov, City of Boston, read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://content.boston.gov/departments/inspectional-services/how-schedule-inspection",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "time-insp-48"
    },
    {
      "label": "Inspections for most construction work",
      "value": "At least two: a rough inspection at the beginning and a final inspection at the end.",
      "source": "How to Schedule an Inspection | Boston.gov, City of Boston, read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://content.boston.gov/departments/inspectional-services/how-schedule-inspection",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "insp-two"
    },
    {
      "label": "Time to start work once the permit is issued",
      "value": "Six months; some projects can extend the permit for another 180 days.",
      "source": "Short-Form Permit | Boston.gov, City of Boston, read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www.boston.gov/permitting/permits/short-form-permit",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "time-start"
    },
    {
      "label": "Permits in the city’s open dataset",
      "value": "Building permits issued by the City of Boston from 2009 to the present.",
      "source": "Approved Building Permits - Dataset - Analyze Boston, City of Boston, read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://data.boston.gov/dataset/approved-building-permits",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "data-scope"
    },
    {
      "label": "New housing units authorized, Suffolk County, 2025",
      "value": "2,338 new privately-owned housing units authorized in Suffolk County in 2025 (county figure, Boston included, not the city alone).",
      "source": "Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2025, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (county grain), read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "bps-total"
    },
    {
      "label": "Single-family units authorized, Suffolk County, 2025",
      "value": "231 of those units were 1-unit (single-family) homes (county figure).",
      "source": "Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2025, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (county grain), read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "bps-1-unit"
    }
  ]
}