Beating Coronavirus: Preventive Measures for Multifamily Properties

With the coronavirus pandemic putting the country on lockdown, multifamily owners should have preventive measures in place to protect their staff and tenants.

In the midst of the current situation, it is still important to keep your multifamily in a healthy and livable state. Let’s check out a few important ways to prepare your assets.

Put up safety guides

Safety guides will remind your staff and tenants of the most essential measures as per the World Health Organization:

• Wash your hands properly
• Refrain from touching your face
• Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing

Put up these reminders around frequented areas in your multifamily such as the entrance and hallways. Additionally, you could also send these tips via email or in the form of letters or memos.

Clean and disinfect

Maintaining your multifamily means keeping critical areas clean and disinfected.

So aside from getting rid of dirt and grime, you may also need to disinfect areas that people come in contact with. Use commercial cleaning products to disinfect stairwells, floors, and countertops, and handrails. You can use alternative cleaning solutions like a mix of water and bleach to cover larger areas such as driveways and other open spaces.

Stock up on alcohol and sanitizers

Make sure your multifamily property is supplied with everything you need to prevent infection. You may need an ample amount of 70-proof alcohol and hand sanitizers you can give to all your employees and tenants. You may also leave some near entrances so people can disinfect their hands before they enter or exit the property.

Keep communication lines open

Lastly, it’s important that you know exactly what to do when an employee or a tenant is showing signs of infection. For this, make sure that you have a no-contact thermometer to detect fever among the people within the property.

But to be safe, never attempt to visit a tenant who has symptoms of CoViD-19. Simply advise the tenant to stay in their unit and inform local health authorities about the next steps to take all while you stay in constant communication with the affected tenant. Lastly, you also need to communicate with your local government for updates on ordinances and advisories.

It’s a difficult time for multifamily owners, but I still think we can get through all the challenges. We just need to keep our heads in the game and come up with the best possible decisions for our tenants and staff.