Modeling the relationship between utilities and partners

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the features of modelling the relationship between utilities and partners. Methodology. General scientific methods are used in the research, in particular, generalizations, comparisons – to analyse the views of scientists on modelling the relationship between utilities and partners, indicating the main forms of public-private partnership, the advantages and disadvantages of their use. Results. It is proved that the relationship between the state and business today is extremely strategically important for the state in the formation of sustainable development goals. Building effective relationships in housing and communal services will be a success for effective activities and will satisfy all participants: the state, business and the population. It is proved that in modern conditions, housing and communal services is a complex hierarchical system that combines many separate subsystems and has the characteristics of a spatial economy, i.e. regional structure and scale. The analysis of the legal and regulatory framework shows that there are only three players in the market of housing and communal services: managers, service providers and consumers. Also, there are various opportunities to establish partnerships with most existing stakeholders, including the use of public-private partnerships in housing and communal services. It is investigated that among the widespread variants of private capital raising in the communal sphere the following basic forms are identified: contract for works, contract for enterprise management, lease, concession, privatization. Thus, local public authorities have the opportunity to transfer utilities in concession or lease to private investors. However, this has not become a common practice due to the complexity of their organizational mechanism. Practical meaning. It is proved that the most effective form of public-private partnership for housing and communal services is a concession – the process of granting, in order to meet public needs by an authorized executive body or local government, concluding a contract on a paid and fixed basis, the concessionaire ) management of the concession object, on the terms of property liability by the concessionaire and possible division of business risk. Prospects for further research. The need to study the advantages and disadvantages of other forms of public-private partnership in housing and communal services.