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5316 W Washington Chicago

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16093110530000 16 units · 1928

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 Austin — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.6
6
FewerMore

This building has 6 building violations (7y), above the Austin average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units16
Year built1928
Stories
Building area13,332 sq ft
Property class315
PIN (Cook County parcel)16093110530000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5316 W Washington

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The 16-unit, 1928-built residential building at 5316 W Washington in Chicago's Austin neighborhood currently has multiple unresolved issues that warrant attention. Most notably, there are six open violations from a July 2024 periodic routine inspection that remain outstanding as of October 2023. The building's recent history shows a series of sanitation and maintenance concerns, with six 311 service requests between June and October 2025, including sanitation code violations, sidewalk inspection requests, and rodent-related complaints. The property has accumulated 338 building permits and experienced 10 environmental enforcement actions and 33 environmental complaints over the past seven years. The building's owner, registered as "TAXPAYER OF," is associated with a total of 1077 parcels and has an extensive track record with 2228 building violations and 8731 service requests across all properties in their portfolio. While some of these violations and service requests may be routine or administrative in nature, the combination of open violations and recent service requests related to sanitation and pests suggests potential areas of concern regarding building maintenance and resident comfort.

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Risk rating

How 5316 W Washington 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
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Out of 7223 buildings in this neighborhood, 7079 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
15%
No code
violation
85%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Lot size

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Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 85%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

5316 W Washington Chicago event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jul 24
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
311 City Services
311 RequestJul 10
Buildings - Plumbing Violation

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