I’m here to help you reduce turnovers, save money, increase occupancy AND promote health & well-being by helping your residents to grow caring communities.
Multifamily residents are 8% more likely to renew their lease with just one neighbor as a friend.1 One avoided turnover saves $3,872 on average.2
Hello! I’m Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Harmon, founder of A Village for Life. Caring communities—villages—for and by your residents can help them thrive, not want to move and make your properties more alluring to new dwellers.
Village Readiness Assessment
Starting summer 2026
This is a quick and affordable service that starts with surveying property residents to gauge their interest in growing a village.
Village Activation Support
Starting summer 2026
This service is about helping residents who are interested in sparking village activity to get started and gain confidence.
Vertical Village Alliance
Launching fall 2026
This is about gathering people across sectors to foster villages in multifamily housing enhanced with in-home or close-by medical care.
Our village activation support goes beyond events to gift-based engagement.
If two event coordinators can produce benefits of around $188K a year, imagine the potential financial and social impacts of activating the gifts of multiple villagers.
Apartment Life houses event coordinators in multifamily properties rent-free to forge connections. They report adding about $188,154 in financial benefit a year to the average community through reduced turnover, increased leasing and value added through an increased sense of community.3
A Village for Life seeks to build on events by engaging multifamily residents around the purpose of producing prosperity for themselves and neighbors by using what’s strong—not wrong—where they live. And the strongest neighborhood strengths are the gifts, skills and passions of its people.
- RealPage
- Industry estimates place the average cost of turning over one rental unit between $1k to $5k.
Zego’s 2023 Resident Experience Management Report puts the number at $3,872. - ApartmentLife.org