Organizational and economic mechanism for managing the apartment buildings’ overhaul repair system in the Russian Federation

Abstract

A necessary way to maintain housing in good condition and reduce its wear is overhaul. Regional capital repair systems for the common property of apartment buildings are a means of implementing a new policy to improve the quality of housing and communal services in the Russian Federation, which provides the approximation of capital repair management institutions to the interests of municipalities residents through the creation of regional operators, the development and implementation of regional programs for overhaul of the apartment buildings based on monthly contributions to the specially created funds of the residential buildings’ individual accounts or on the basis of the “common pot” principle. As the operators of the overhaul system for the apartment buildings, regional Overhaul Funds, that coordinate this activity on their territory, have been established. They collect and accumulate the financial resources from the homeowners in the apartment buildings of municipalities; develop a list of the required repair and construction work for each of the buildings, the priority for the repair of which is suitable in the current year; form and approve an estimate for these works’ implementation, organize, accompany and monitor their implementation. The importance of the functions and locations of the regional operators determines not only the scientific interest in studying the regional capital repair systems’ effectiveness for the apartment buildings, but also the practical significance associated with identifying the most effective practices of the Russian regions in this regard and transferring them to other territories.