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5343 W Monroe St 1St

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16161040220000 2 units · 1912

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years, and our model puts it at a low risk of maintenance problems over the next 12 months. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Austin — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 1.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Austin average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1912
Stories
Building area2,586 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16161040220000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5343 W Monroe St

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Initial analysis

The property at 5343 W Monroe St in Chicago's Austin neighborhood is a two-unit building owned by James Graham, dating back to 1912. The building's recent history from 2025 shows a cluster of urban environmental concerns, with six service requests filed between May and September 2025, primarily related to maintenance and sanitation issues in the surrounding area. These included three complaints about fly dumping, a weed removal request, tree debris cleanup, garbage cart maintenance, and an alley light outage - all of which have been resolved according to city records. The property has a relatively low number of service requests overall, with only seven filed in the past seven years for the building itself, though the owner (James Graham) has three parcels under his name with a total of 27 service requests. The building permit activity over the past seven years has been minimal, with only two permits recorded.

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Risk rating

How 5343 W Monroe St 1St'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
72ndpercentile

Out of 7223 buildings in this neighborhood, 2022 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
80%
No code
violation
20%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

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

Permit rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property permit rate across the owner's portfolio.

Year built

The year a building was constructed is a proxy for its maintenance challenges.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 20%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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