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5559 W Henderson St

Portage Park, Chicago IL 60641 13213190010000 5 units · 1930

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over the next 12 months. Read the records below before you sign. Ask which issues were resolved, get repair commitments in writing, and inspect the unit yourself.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Portage Park — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.6
9
FewerMore

This building has 9 building violations (7y), above the Portage Park average of 0.6.

Building characteristics
Units5
Year built1930
Stories
Building area2,244 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)13213190010000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
5559 W Henderson St

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The property at 5559 W Henderson St in Portage Park is a five-unit residential building constructed in 1930, currently owned by Jose Erick Patino Pere. The building has experienced several notable issues in recent years, with the most significant being a series of resolved complaint-driven inspections in November 2022 that resulted in six building code violations, though all were subsequently complied and resolved. Between 2025 and 2026, there have been several infrastructure and maintenance-related service requests, including two rodent-related complaints in May and September 2025, two reports concerning trees (an emergency in April 2026 and debris cleanup in December 2025), and two abandoned vehicle complaints in January and May 2026. While there was one environmental complaint regarding air pollution in May 2022, the investigation found no violations. The building's violation and complaint history shows a pattern of responsive management, as evidenced by the prompt resolution of code violations and service requests, though the frequency of rodent-related complaints and tree maintenance issues in recent years may indicate ongoing environmental challenges in the building's surroundings.

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Risk rating

How 5559 W Henderson St's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Lower risk — safer than most nearby

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Typical — about average for the neighborhood

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Higher risk — riskier than most nearby

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
3rdpercentile

Out of 3924 buildings in this neighborhood, 3806 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
35%
No code
violation
65%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

Environmental complaint rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property environmental complaint rate across the owner's portfolio.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 65%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

5559 W Henderson St event timeline

Building violations, environmental complaints and enforcement, permits, scofflaw listings, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2025
311 Request Sep 01
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
311 RequestMay 30
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint

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