Forced-Work Leads: Reach Homeowners Who Are Required to Hire a Contractor
A code violation legally compels an owner to do repair work. If no permit has been pulled, they have not hired anyone yet. PermitGrab now joins live code-enforcement records with property-owner data to surface these "forced-work" properties as scored leads in your trade and service area.
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View United States leads →PermitGrab now surfaces Forced-Work Leads: properties with an open code violation that legally requires repair work in your trade, where no permit has been pulled yet, with the property owner attached. It is the highest-intent lead in home services, because the homeowner is not deciding whether to do the work — the city is requiring it — and the empty permit record means they have not hired a contractor yet.
How Forced-Work Leads work
When a property gets cited by code enforcement — a roof in disrepair, an unsafe deck, exposed wiring, a failed system — the owner has to fix it or face accruing fines. PermitGrab joins three public-record signals nobody else combines: the open violation (what work is required), the property owner of record (who to reach), and the absence of a matching permit (proof they have not hired anyone yet). We score each lead by violation severity, freshness, trade fit, and owner type, and rank the ones most likely to convert to the top.
Why this beats a permit list or a lead network
Shared-lead networks resell the same homeowner to several contractors. Permit lists only show work that has already been hired out. Forced-Work Leads are the opposite: work that is required but not yet assigned, in your trade, in your service area — reach the owner before anyone else knows. The moment a permit appears on a property, we automatically remove it from your list, because that owner has probably already hired.
Where it is available
Forced-Work Leads are rolling out first across our highest-volume code-enforcement markets, with more cities added as coverage grows. See the live markets and candidate counts on the Forced-Work Leads hub, browse the live permit feed, or start a 14-day trial — flat $149/month, never resold. Every lead ships with the owner name and mailing address so you can reach them by mail or in person today.