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8941 S Cottage Grove Chicago

Chatham, Chicago IL 60619 25021070020000 9 units · 1964

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 Chatham — not a forecast
Above average
avg 4.2
10
FewerMore

This building has 10 building violations (7y), above the Chatham average of 4.2.

Building characteristics
Units9
Year built1964
Stories
Building area6,072 sq ft
Property class314
PIN (Cook County parcel)25021070020000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
9158 S Paxton

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Initial analysis

The nine-unit residential building at 8941 S Cottage Grove in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood, owned by Dalandis Neely and constructed in 1964, has experienced significant recent challenges. Most notably, there is a cluster of unresolved building code violations from May 2025 and February 2026, all classified as complaint-driven inspections, suggesting ongoing concerns that have not yet been addressed by the property owner. The building has also generated multiple service requests through the 311 system in recent years, with the most pressing being a plumbing violation reported in January 2026 that remains open, along with two building violations from the same period (one of which was closed). Looking back over the past seven years, there have been a total of 10 building violations and 12 service requests associated with this address, with the owner having a slightly higher total of 18 building violations and 13 service requests across all their parcels.

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Risk rating

How 8941 S Cottage Grove 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
21stpercentile

Out of 1901 buildings in this neighborhood, 1502 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
29%
No code
violation
71%
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.

Number of units

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

Building size

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 71%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

8941 S Cottage Grove Chicago event timeline

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

2026
Building Violation Feb 19 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
Building ViolationFeb 19
COMPLAINT

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