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Vacant and Abandoned Buildings - Violations (Chicago)

NOTE, 6/28/2021: There are changes and correction in this dataset. See https://data.cityofchicago.org/stories/s/Vacant-and-Abandoned-Buildings-Violations-Correcti/ezdy-f2qs for details. -- Vacant and abandoned building…

Vacant and Abandoned Buildings - Violations (Chicago) is published by City of Chicago for Chicago, Illinois. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); it updates daily, last updated 2025-10-08. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

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PublisherCity of Chicago
Originalhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Vacant-and-Abandoned-Buildings-Violations/kc9i-wq85 ↗
PlaceChicago, Illinois · city
ShelfHousing, buildings and business
FormatsAPI (Socrata SODA), CSV
Update rateDaily
Located byNot stated
LicenceSee Terms of Use
CheckedVerified: opened and matched by a person or our reviewer

Cite this source: City of Chicago, “Vacant and Abandoned Buildings - Violations (Chicago)”, https://data.cityofchicago.org/Buildings/Vacant-and-Abandoned-Buildings-Violations/kc9i-wq85, last updated 2025-10-08. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/1280 (verified).

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curl https://api.sos.city/v1/sources/1280 -H "Authorization: Bearer sos_…"

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