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Even properties that fashion themselves as “pet-friendly” often only fit that description on the surface. Savvy property owners, however, see an opportunity to bolster pet-friendliness and create a strategic advantage.
The all-in-one solution can be appealing. Fewer vendors, fewer contracts, fewer phone calls, and (ideally) fewer problems. Waste management, package management, pest control, and offsite storage; all those services with one number to call. The attraction is undeniable, the reality is never as good as the dream.
The American Pet Products Association indicates that 71% of U.S. households own a pet, while research by the Pew Research Center found that an overwhelming majority of pet owners, 97%, consider their pets part of the family to some extent. These trends have major implications for rental housing.
Trash management is a frontline resident touchpoint that shapes the perceptions of service quality, community pride and overall satisfaction. When bins overflow, the impact can be immediate and emotional. Don't fix the problem right away; you can almost guarantee a significant uptick in posts about it.
Since 2020, an explosion of proptech solutions has helped streamline leasing, automate routine tasks, and unlock data-driven decision-making. But that also has layered on dozens of systems, logins, and workflows—leaving site teams to navigate a more complex, tech-heavy role than ever before.
About 80% of Americans participate in spring cleaning. Roughly half will purge 11 or more items and about 22% will toss more than 26 items. In addition, the peak leasing is kicking off, which means more trash from arriving and departing residents and an increase in bulk throwaways.
Multifamily's top storylines this week are Brickstone's full ownership of The Lodge, move-ins at Modera Rio Salado, Hamilton Zanze Fairways acquisition, towing the Valentine, adapting to industry change, the culture of denial, lessons in utilizing AI, CRE's data fragmentation and brand consistency in emails.
Multifamily's top storylines this week are the groundbreaking of Mill Creek's Modera Allston, NYC moves closer to rent freeze, overhaul of D.C.'s housing finance, the value of company culture, reasonable accommodations, older renters drive retention, AI's moment in multifamily, discovery funnels changing and the backlash over Ring's surveillance…