Approaches and Methodical Evaluation Aspects of the Regional Authorities’ Performance in the Housing Sector

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of housing and communal services reforming in the part of evaluation effectiveness budget spending and achieves socially significant results. The necessity to develop the clear set of criteria and indicators how to evaluate and manage the efficiency and effectiveness of budget spending in the housing sector, as well as to create conditions for increasing the degree of independence and responsibility of regional management based on introduction the integrated accounting and monitoring performance indicators of their activity. The article presents the results of national and international systematization experience in financial management and performance evaluation methods in the field of housing. It is proved that most of the approaches do not have a comprehensive framework and can be applied mainly to solve particular problems of areas which require significant methodological adaptation to effectively solve the urgent tasks of reforming the housing and utilities sector. Systematized criteria and directly socially significant indicators are used to conduct a comprehensive assessment and monitoring of utilities at the regional level. The differentiated approach to analysis indicators of regions using methods of cluster analysis and the integral evaluation is suggested in order to develop the effective system of performance indicators. The concept and a complex system of indicators to measure regional government utilities effectiveness is suggested based on generalization accumulated domestic and international experience. The main idea underlying the proposed methodology is to use a complex system of indicators to evaluate the achievement of a specific list of measurable and socially significant results in terms of the end-users of housing services. Approach to formation final indicators to assess and monitor the effectiveness of the current activities of the four group indicators. The practical implementation of the proposed approach will contribute to development of effective mechanisms for housing reform, implementation effective public policy in the sphere of providing the public services to the population.