Are you or the owner of the building where you live deferring maintenance on the building due to COVID-19? (Q43 S+W 2020)

The chart reflects responses to Question #43 from the Spring 2020 and Winter 2020 survey, which asked: “Are you or the owner of the building where you live deferring maintenance on the building due to COVID-19?” The pre-structured options were, “Yes, due to financial constraints”; “Yes, due to a stay at home order”; “Yes, due to fears of COVID-19”; “No, no maintenance was scheduled”; “No, maintenance work is going on as planned”; “I don’t know”; and “other.”

There were 165 respondents who answered this question. Twenty-four respondents (14.6%) reported they had delayed maintenance because of fears of COVID-19. Twenty-one respondents (12.7%) reported they had delayed maintenance because of a stay at home order. Nineteen respondents (11.5%) reported they delayed maintenance because of financial constraints. Seventy-three respondents (44.2%) reported that no maintenance was scheduled. Thirty three respondents (20%) reported that maintenance work went along as planned. Eleven respondents (6.7%) did not know. Two respondents said yes (1.2%), but did not specify why. One respondent (0.6%) said no, but did not specify. Two respondents (1.2%)  answered “other.” Two respondents said they had to do the maintenance themselves due to COVID-19 (2%).

The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey, which has been administered to 169 people over two time periods. The Spring 2020 survey was administered to 86 people between May and June, and the Winter 2020 survey was administered to 83 people between December 2020 and March 2021. Visit the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Spring + Winter 2020 Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.