Chicago · Building enforcement
Chicago data lists 307 building violations in a seven-day citation window
The extract links 307 violations to 102 inspection numbers. Status labels and publication gaps need careful interpretation.
Chicago’s public Building Violations dataset returned 307 violation records for citation dates September 2–8, according to a September 9 download reviewed by Great Lakes Housing Watch. Those records share 102 inspection numbers and 101 city property-group identifiers.
A gap in publication is not a finding
Every returned citation is dated September 2, 3 or 4. A separate query also found September 4 as the dataset’s latest citation date. The gap does not establish that enforcement stopped or that no violations were cited afterward: publication can lag, and the city can revise historical records.
| Citation date | Violation records |
|---|---|
| September 2, 2026 | 160 |
| September 3, 2026 | 114 |
| September 4, 2026 | 33 |
| Total returned | 307 |
Violation and inspection status differ
All 307 violation records carried an OPEN label when downloaded, but none supplied a violation-status date. Inspection status tells a different story: 11 of those records belong to three inspections labeled CLOSED. An inspection’s status should not be substituted for the status of each violation.
What these counts cannot establish
The dataset does not identify residential use, occupancy or dwelling counts. Its property groups are not verified tax parcels or a count of homes. The city cautions that these historical records may not reflect current conditions, include both liable and not-liable cases, and should not be relied on for real-estate transactions.
How we checked the records
One bounded public download was checked against counts before and after retrieval and a separate ordered ID query. These checks reconcile the saved observation; they do not establish that the city’s dataset is permanently complete. No address-level records are published here.
Source: City of Chicago, Building Violations, dataset 22u3-xenr. Download completed September 9, 2026 at 01:27:41 America/Chicago. Source metadata, original responses and calculation records are retained privately.
Counts describe the saved source observation, not independently inspected conditions. The records operation behind this publication also supports commercial property research. About this publication.
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