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Video surveillance and access control and monitoring systems lose their big brother stigma with a host of resident friendly amenity and multifamily back-end applications.
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Owners and residents work together to thwart recession-related crime.
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The industry may be unprepared for a break of the vast amounts of personal data collected by multifamily companies on residents and employees alike that remains unsecured in either electronic databases or as paper hard copies.
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An explosion in unregistered, transient sex offenders more apt to recidivism has experts wondering if the attempt to keep offenders out of market-rate and low-income housing is a good idea after all.
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A step-by-step guide on how to purge your property of crime--at a price you can afford.
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At the Magnolia Trace Apartments in Florence, S.C., crime had gotten out of hand. So the building's property manager, Monica Willis-Jackson, a former police officer and part owner of the complex, took a drastic step. She furnished an unused unit and donated it to the Florence Police Department’s...
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High-density apartments seem to be a hotbed of criminal activity, with little hope for relief save for a recovered economy.
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Technology helps multifamily residents take control of their safety.
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Residents at a Greenwich Village, N.Y., condo community say hello and goodbye to their doorman everyday as they pass through the building. But get this—they've never actually met the doorman.
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What do the stars of futuristic thrillers such as “The Matrix” and residents living in a multifamily property in the year 2012 have in common? Both will likely use biometrics—retina scans, thumbprints, and other biological data—to gain access into secure areas such as apartment buildings.