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8256 S Halsted

Auburn Gresham, Chicago IL 60620 20322300390000

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. 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
Units
Year built1917
Stories2.0
Building area6,912 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)20322300390000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Charmaine Sanders
Mailing address
1721 E 83Rd Pl

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AI summary

The two-story residential building at 8256 S Halsted in Auburn Gresham, owned by Charmaine Sanders, has a relatively clean service record since 2017, with only two documented 311 service requests in the past seven years. The property, constructed in 1917, experienced a street light outage in October 2024, which was promptly addressed and closed. Earlier that same year, in June 2024, there was a request made to check for a possible leak, though the resolution status indicates this issue was also resolved. While the age of the building suggests potential for typical maintenance issues, the limited number of service requests on record may indicate either prudent property management or underreporting of issues.

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Risk rating

How 8256 S Halsted'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
18thpercentile

Out of 2835 buildings in this neighborhood, 2325 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
32%
No code
violation
68%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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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.

Building size

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

Property class (211)

Assessor class 211 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 14.0%
Moderate concern 26.5%
Severe concern 59.5%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

8256 S Halsted event timeline

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

2024
311 Request Oct 14
Street Light Out Complaint
311 City Services
311 RequestJun 14
Check for Leak

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