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5343 W Henderson St 2

Portage Park, Chicago IL 60641 13213210050000 2 units · 1920

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years, and our model puts it at a low risk of maintenance problems over the next 12 months. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Portage Park — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 0.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Portage Park average of 0.6.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1920
Stories
Building area2,216 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)13213210050000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5343 W Henderson Av

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Initial analysis

The two-unit building at 5343 W Henderson St 2 in Portage Park, owned by Casimer Ragus and constructed in 1920, has had limited official activity over the past seven years. The property has generated six 311 service requests during this period, with the most recent being a tree planting request filed in May 2024 that remains open. The building's service request history shows a cluster of maintenance and service-related issues in 2025, including complaints about garbage cart maintenance, a missed garbage pick-up, a vacant lot clean-up request, an injured animal report, and a street light outage, all of which have been resolved. The building has had only one building permit filed under its current ownership in the past seven years, and no significant patterns or recurring issues have emerged from the available service request data.

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Risk rating

How 5343 W Henderson St 2'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
60thpercentile

Out of 3924 buildings in this neighborhood, 1570 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
79%
No code
violation
21%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Number of bedrooms

Total bedroom count is a proxy for property scale.

Property class (315)

Assessor class 315 — apartment / larger residential. The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

Municipality

No municipality is recorded for this property; the model still accounts for area-level patterns where it can.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 21%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

5343 W Henderson St 2 event timeline

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

2023
311 Request Dec 06
Water Lead Test Kit Request

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