Are you concerned about pets at your rental communities, well don’t be, because pet owner behavior creates most rental housing pet-related concerns from residents.
By John Bradford
Apartment communities across the nation are making concerted efforts to strengthen their pet-friendliness, which is both uplifting and necessary.
More than ever, residents consider pets to be part of their families, and the pandemic-fueled adoption boom has added even more pets to the rental-housing landscape.
When increasing pet-friendliness levels, however, property teams also have to consider the comfort level of non-pet owners.
That makes it natural to first worry about things such as pet-related behaviors and the potential for onsite incidents. But according to a recent large-scale survey of apartment residents, most residents are more concerned about irresponsible pet-owner tendencies and nuisance-related issues rather than specific behaviors of pets at your rental communities.
Fear of pets, biting and aggression were not among the top three pet-related concerns among non-pet owning residents, according to the Pet Policies and Amenities in Multifamily report, released earlier this year by PetScreening and J Turner Research. The survey, which took into account the feedback of more than 22,000 residents and included both pet owners and non-pet owners, indicated that pet waste, barking and off-leash pets were the primary concerns of non-pet owners.
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