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5757 S Whipple Chicago

Gage Park, Chicago IL 60629 19131190200000 10 units · 1926

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 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.

Building characteristics
Units10
Year built1926
Stories
Building area7,604 sq ft
Property class314
PIN (Cook County parcel)19131190200000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5104 S Lorel

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Initial analysis

The 10-unit residential building at 5757 S Whipple in the Gage Park neighborhood, owned by Salvador Penaloza, has a documented history of concerning issues since 2019. Most notably, there are six open building code violations that originated from complaint-driven inspections conducted on December 5, 2019, suggesting ongoing regulatory concerns that have remained unresolved for nearly four years. While the building has experienced minimal 311 service engagement over the last seven years, there has been a recent cluster of service requests in 2024, totaling four reports between April and November. These recent service requests, all of which have been closed, primarily concerned abandoned vehicle complaints, with one exception being a plumbing violation complaint from August 2024. The significant number of open building code violations from 2019, which stand in contrast to the relatively low frequency of service requests in previous years, indicates a period of notable regulatory concern that has not been addressed, while the recent spike in service requests appears mostly related to external issues rather than building-specific concerns.

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Risk rating

How 5757 S Whipple Chicago'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
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Out of 1787 buildings in this neighborhood, 1769 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
18%
No code
violation
82%
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.

Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 82%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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5757 S Whipple Chicago event timeline

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2024
311 Request Aug 24
Buildings - Plumbing Violation
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