The Practice of Implementing the Policy of Resource Saving in the Housing and Communal Services of the Kursk Region

Abstract

Relevance. The system of functioning of housing and communal services requires fundamental changes. Today, there is an obvious need for an integrated approach to the reform of housing and communal services and resource conservation using foreign experience. The purpose is to consider the practice of implementing the resource-saving policy in the housing and communal services of the Kursk region, the problems and ways to improve it. Objectives: to investigate the target indicators for the implementation of programs and subprograms in the housing and communal services sector at the level of the Kursk region; to study the nature of the appeal of citizens of the Kursk region on the problems of housing and communal services and resource conservation; show the real level of equipment with individual automated metering devices for housing and communal services in the Kursk region as of January 1, 2023; identify the problems and ways to improve the policy in the field of resource conservation of housing and communal services. Methodology: collection, systematization and analysis of sources on the research problem; statistical data presented in the public domain of the official websites of the administration of the Kursk region, GIS housing and communal services. Results. The targets for the implementation of programs and subprograms in the housing and communal services sector at the level of the Kursk region were studied, which showed a high level and timeliness of the implementation of the stated target indicators. The nature of the appeal of citizens of the Kursk region on the problems of housing and communal services and resource conservation showed that residents are aware of the high level of wear and tear of electricity and heating systems, understand the difficulties with cold and hot water supply, while reminding the regional authorities of their appeals the need to modernize the infrastructure of housing and communal services. Conclusions. It is impossible to solve the problems of resource conservation only by administrative mechanisms, it is necessary to use economic levers, including stimulation and support of resource-saving measures. It is also necessary to stimulate the end user of resources in the housing and utilities sector, since for the layman the mechanisms of economic benefit will be much more tangible than administrative punishment.