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Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland

The typical renovation & alteration permit issued in Roseland took 42 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 104 days.

Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026

Records checked3972021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland, 397 issued permit records show a median processing time of 42 days; 75% were issued within 104 days and 90% within 193 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait42 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within104 days75% of records

Long-wait edge193 days90% of records

Evidence397issued permits

The median was 12 days slower than the previous 12 months.

Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland: wait distribution

For Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland, 397 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

16.1%

1–7 days

13.4%

8–30 days

14.1%

31–90 days

25.9%

91+ days

30.5%

Change over time

Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland: annual permit timing

Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 397 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	76	5.5 days	92 days	194 days
2022	81	6 days	98 days	194 days
2023	64	38 days	98 days	217 days
2024	67	54 days	94 days	167 days
2025	63	64 days	126 days	196 days
2026*	46	60 days	136 days	161 days

*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.

Context

Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland: Renovation & Alteration timing in comparable community areas

Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland has 397 issued records, a 42 days median, and a 104 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
Humboldt Park	42 days	104 days	739
Jefferson Park	42 days	114 days	251
Mount Greenwood	42 days	87 days	153
Portage Park	42 days	99 days	549
Roseland	42 days	104 days	397
West Lawn	42 days	124 days	138
Bridgeport	41 days	112 days	410
Chicago Lawn	43 days	112 days	356

More Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland comparisons

The Renovation & Alteration permits in Roseland cohort contains 397 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

All Roseland permits Area report Renovation & Alteration citywide Type report