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8220 S Paulina St

Auburn Gresham, Chicago IL 60620 20312290210000 3 units · 1928

This building has a higher-than-average number of open problems nearby. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Auburn Gresham
At or below average
avg 3.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Auburn Gresham average of 3.6.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1928
Stories
Building area3,957 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20312290210000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
8220 S Paulina

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 8220 S Paulina St in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood is a 1928 structure currently owned by Chandra F Dunmars. The building's documented history over the past seven years is minimal, with only one 311 service request and one environmental complaint recorded. The 311 service request, categorized as an "Information Only" call, was filed in December 2025 and has since been closed. More notably, there was an illegal dumping incident reported near the property in February 2022, which was addressed and resolved within a week by the appropriate authorities. This environmental complaint stands out as the only significant incident on record in recent years, though it appears to have been promptly managed. Both the 311 call and the environmental complaint represent the only recorded service requests associated with either the building or its current ownership in the past seven-year period.

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Risk rating

How 8220 S Paulina 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

Grade A–B — Low risk

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Grade C — Moderate risk

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Grade D–F — High risk

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
34thpercentile

Out of 2835 buildings in this neighborhood, 1871 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
43%
No code
violation
57%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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12-Month severity forecast
No violation 30.0%
Moderate concern 25.1%
Severe concern 45.0%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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8220 S Paulina St event timeline

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2025
311 Request Dec 28
311 INFORMATION ONLY CALL
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