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PetScreening has released its 2026 State of Pets in Rental Housing Report, positioning the company at the center of how operators manage the growing impact of pets on rental housing economics and risk. Based on responses from 673 multifamily and single-family rental professionals, the study highlights a structural gap between U.S. pet ownership—71% of households—and renters, only 43% of whom report owning pets, a discrepancy PetScreening links partly to unauthorized and underreported animals onsite.
The report indicates that 81% of surveyed operators have seen pet ownership increase and 68% now classify their properties as pet-friendly, yet they continue to struggle with unauthorized pets and pet-related damage, reinforcing the need for formal screening and tracking tools such as PetScreening’s platform. According to company data, clients using PetScreening realized a 30.7% average increase in pet-related revenue and collectively avoided about 1.3 million hours of administrative and legal work tied to assistance animal accommodation reviews, which also reduced regulatory and litigation risk.
PetScreening’s findings show that pets are an increasingly significant factor in renter decision-making, with external search data indicating that more than half of renters using pet filters focus on dog-friendly properties. However, the report notes that most operators still rely on traditional restrictions—such as pet limits per unit (78.4%), breed restrictions (66.7%), and weight caps (59.8%)—rather than individualized pet risk assessments, suggesting substantial runway for broader adoption of PetScreening’s data-driven approach to pet and assistance animal evaluation.
Chief Executive Officer John Bradford said the survey confirms that when operators optimize pet strategies and formalize compliance processes, they can tap a larger resident pool, improve retention, and enhance revenue while mitigating legal exposure. For executives, the report underscores PetScreening’s value proposition as a compliance and revenue-enablement partner at a time when pet-inclusive policies are becoming a competitive necessity in rental housing, and it provides a data-backed framework for reassessing pet policies, amenity investments, and risk controls across portfolios.