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4956 S Laflin St

New City, Chicago IL 60609 20081170400000

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 New City — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.5
4
FewerMore

This building has 4 building violations (7y), above the New City average of 1.5.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1913
Stories
Building area3,240 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20081170400000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
4956 S Laflin Av

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Initial analysis

The three-story residential building at 4956 S Laflin Street in Chicago's New City neighborhood, owned by Bertha A Campos, is a century-old property constructed in 1913. The building's most pressing concerns center around four open violation cases from 2021 and 2023, all stemming from complaint-driven inspections that remain unresolved as of the current date. These code violations, particularly the unresolved nature of their status, represent the most significant ongoing issues for the property. While the building has had three 311 service requests in the past seven years, these were relatively minor matters including a tree debris clean-up (2026), a street pothole complaint (2025), and an abandoned vehicle issue (2025), all of which have been closed. An environmental complaint regarding illegal dumping from 2013 was determined to be invalid and resolved promptly, though this predates the current ownership period by significant margin. The building's record shows no severe violations or repeated problems in recent years, though the presence of multiple unresolved violations warrants attention.

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Risk rating

How 4956 S Laflin 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
7thpercentile

Out of 4198 buildings in this neighborhood, 3904 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
38%
No code
violation
62%
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.

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.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 62%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

4956 S Laflin St event timeline

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

2023
311 Request Nov 23
Buildings - Plumbing Violation
311 City Services
Building ViolationJan 28
COMPLAINT

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