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4921 W Ohio St 2Nd

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16092200150000

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 Austin — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.6
13
FewerMore

This building has 13 building violations (7y), above the Austin average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1911
Stories
Building area2,075 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16092200150000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
4921 W Ohio

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 4921 W Ohio Street in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, owned by Curley Spencer, has been recorded since its construction in 1911. The property's recent history is notably concerning, particularly with multiple open violation cases from August 2020, all categorized as complaint-driven inspections, with no resolution recorded to date. This represents a significant cluster of unresolved building code violations that should be of particular concern to current and prospective tenants. The building's service history includes four 311 service requests over the past seven years, with the most recent being an unresolved garbage cart maintenance issue from May 2026. Prior to that, there were two information-only calls in July and August 2025 (both now closed), and one garbage cart maintenance request from October 2024 that was successfully resolved. While the service requests may not directly indicate severe building issues, the pattern of garbage cart maintenance needs and the cluster of unresolved violations from 2020 warrant attention to the building's current condition and management response.

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Risk rating

How 4921 W Ohio St 2Nd'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
10thpercentile

Out of 7223 buildings in this neighborhood, 6501 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
41%
No code
violation
59%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 59%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

4921 W Ohio St 2Nd event timeline

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

2023
311 Request Jul 08
Water in Basement Complaint
311 RequestJul 06
Water in Basement Complaint

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