Millennials may plan to live in apartment buildings over the long-term, but they really don’t feel safe in them, says a new survey by security product provider Allegion U.S. According to the survey, three quarters of millennials plan to live in multifamily housing, but only 26% feel safe in their current dwellings. Less than 10% have electronic door locks though 52% said they would prefer to enter their home using tech-based entry methods including a smartphone, pin code, biometric solution, key fob or card credential. Tech also is important to them for security and routine functions such as payment.
The survey, “Home Safe Home: How Millennial Preferences Are Redefining Multifamily Living,” highlights millennials’ habits, behaviors and tendencies when it comes to their living situation and expectations for the future, and evaluates their sense of security at home. The survey found that 72% of respondents currently live in an apartment building, with 75% planning to stay in their current residence for six months or longer.
“Property managers and developers can benefit from looking to new, innovative means of access control to keep pace with tech-savvy millennials,” said Robert Gaulden, director of multifamily channel strategy at Allegion U.S. “The survey reinforces the value of mobile-enabled systems. Not only do they bring building residents, service staff and guests convenient all-in-one mobile access control, but they can also simplify and streamline scheduling maintenance requests, managing packages, visitor management and more.”
More than half (57%) of millennials currently use delivery services like Amazon (mostly for retail and food deliveries), with 63% receiving an average of one to two packages per week. But 39% reported having packages stolen from outside their doors.
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