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5351 S Laflin St

New City, Chicago IL 60609 20083140210000

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model sees a moderate chance of more in 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 New City — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.5
50
FewerMore

This building has 50 building violations (7y), above the New City average of 1.5.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1929
Stories
Building area1,890 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20083140210000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5351 S Laflin St

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The 1929 two-story residential building at 5351 S Laflin St in Chicago's New City neighborhood, currently owned by Flavio Terrazas Jr., has experienced a notably high number of building code violations over the past seven years, with a total of 49 violations recorded, all attributed to the current owner. The most significant cluster of unresolved issues appears to have occurred in August-September 2022, when six complaint-driven inspection violations were documented, with one being resolved while five remain open. The building's service request history is relatively limited, with only three 311 service requests recorded in the same seven-year period, all related to garbage and recycling cart maintenance, with the most recent requests being from October 2025 and one from April 2025, which have all been marked as closed. While the building has been issued three permits in the past seven years, this is a notably low number of permits for such a time frame, and the substantial number of unresolved building code violations, particularly those from 2022, raises concerns about ongoing compliance with building safety standards.

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Risk rating

How 5351 S Laflin St'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
9thpercentile

Out of 4198 buildings in this neighborhood, 3820 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
42%
No code
violation
58%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Violation rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property violation rate across the owner's portfolio.

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.

12-Month risk forecast
Moderate failure risk 58%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

5351 S Laflin St event timeline

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

2023
311 Request Jul 05
Water in Basement Complaint

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