City of Chicago

Building Code Scofflaws

Buildings in Chicago designated as having serious and chronic code violations under the city's Building Code Scofflaw Ordinance. Each record details property addresses, the specific code violations, designation dates, and related inspection information.

Example records
NamepersonStreet AddressaddressFull NamepersonSecondary AddressaddressTertiary AddressaddressCircuit Court Case NumberregistrationBuilding List DatetemporalOwner List DatetemporalCommunity AreageographicCommunity Area NumbergeographicWardgeographicX Coordinategeospatial
BURNIE WILLIAMS6440 S PARNELL AVEBURNIE WILLIAMS6440-6442 S PARNELL AVE16-M1-40130003/01/202404/01/2024ENGLEWOOD6861173690.404913029
JOHN T ABERCROMBIE1315 N LOCKWOOD AVEJOHN T ABERCROMBIE12-M1-40016603/01/202204/01/2022AUSTIN25371140823.1471017096
SUNNY LIANG3514 S WOOD STSUNNY LIANG16-M1-40294003/01/202304/01/2023MCKINLEY PARK59121164886.8927019606
Use cases

Property Owner Background Check During Loan Underwriting

A commercial real estate lender reviewing a loan application cross-references the applicant's name and property address against this list to determine whether the collateral property carries an active scofflaw designation, which would signal unresolved code violations and potential title or habitability risk before closing.

Full NameStreet AddressBuilding List DateOwner List DateCircuit Court Case Number

Landlord Screening for Rental Insurance Underwriting

An insurance underwriter evaluating a landlord policy submission checks whether the applicant owns properties on the scofflaw list, using the owner name and address to flag chronic violation history that would elevate the risk profile and affect premium pricing or coverage eligibility.

Full NameStreet AddressSecondary AddressBuilding List DateOwner List Date

Fraud Detection in Rental Listing Platforms

A proptech compliance team building a fraud signal layer ingests this dataset to automatically flag rental listings where the property address matches a scofflaw-designated building, alerting prospective tenants and internal trust-and-safety reviewers to properties with documented serious violations.

Street AddressSecondary AddressBuilding List DateLatitudeLongitude
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