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1301 S Ashland Chicago

Little Italy, UIC, Chicago IL 60608 17201080010000 7 units · 1868

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 Little Italy, UIC — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.9
10
FewerMore

This building has 10 building violations (7y), above the Little Italy, UIC average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units7
Year built1868
Stories
Building area8,352 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)17201080010000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
3058 N Austin Av

Landlord portfolio

Other Chicago properties this owner holds, with a risk rating for each.

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Initial analysis

The property at 1301 S Ashland in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood is a 7-unit residential building constructed in 1868 and currently owned by Jorge De La Torre. The building's record over the past seven years shows multiple areas of concern, with particular emphasis on unresolved issues from a January 2020 complaint-driven inspection that resulted in six open code violations. The building's maintenance and service history includes 20 service requests through the city's 311 system in the past seven years, with the most recent complaints relating to waste management (blue recycling cart and garbage cart maintenance) and street lighting issues in 2025-2026, all of which were resolved. The property has had minimal building permit activity during this period, with only one permit recorded. The owner also holds title to three additional parcels, resulting in a cumulative total of 15 building violations and 27 service requests across all properties in the past seven years. Notably, there was an environmental complaint filed in February 1995 regarding permits issued by the Department of Environment, though this appears to be an isolated incident from over 25 years ago.

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Risk rating

How 1301 S Ashland 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
3rdpercentile

Out of 1139 buildings in this neighborhood, 1105 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

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Predicted 12-month outcome
25%
No code
violation
75%
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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

Location

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

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 risk forecast
High failure risk 75%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

1301 S Ashland Chicago event timeline

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

2020
Building Violation Jan 27 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
Building ViolationJan 27
COMPLAINT

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