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5150 S Whipple St

Gage Park, Chicago IL 60632 19123020380000

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, but recent activity points to a low risk of further maintenance problems in 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 Gage Park — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.5
6
FewerMore

This building has 6 building violations (7y), above the Gage Park average of 1.5.

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Initial analysis

The property at 5150 S Whipple St in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood is a 1913 building currently owned by Jose Bahena, with records showing three total parcels under ownership. The building has experienced significant attention from city services over the past seven years, with a notably high volume of service requests from the owner totaling 52, compared to just 12 service requests directly related to the building itself. The most pressing current issues are six open building code violations from July 2025 that were triggered by complaint-driven inspections, which represent the majority of building violations recorded in the past seven years.

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Building characteristics
Units—
Year built1913
Stories—
Building area1,552 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)19123020380000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5147 S Trumbull

Landlord portfolio

Other Chicago properties this owner holds, with a risk rating for each.

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Risk rating

How 5150 S Whipple 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
43rdpercentile

Out of 1787 buildings in this neighborhood, 1019 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
66%
No code
violation
34%
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.

Location

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

311 call rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property 311 call rate across the owner's portfolio.

Owner's portfolio size

The number of parcels this owner is registered on — larger portfolios can mean more management complexity.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 34%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

5150 S Whipple St event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Aug 31
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
311 City Services
311 RequestAug 05
No Building Permit and Construction Violation

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