Management Of Housing Stock Research Articles

FEATURES OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOUSING STOCK ITSELF

This scientific article shows the current problems in the management of housing stock in our country and ways to eliminate them, the peculiarities of management today. Due to the growing population, the growing need for housing, newly built housing, the benefits provided by the state when carrying out repair work on existing ones are covered.

Revolutionizing Housing Stock Management: Overcoming Challenges and Improving Services

This scientific article examines the challenges faced by housing stock management companies in developing organizational and economic mechanisms, and proposes solutions to address them in the context of market relations. The study explores the management practices of these companies, analyzes the status of their services, and identifies opportunities to increase the range of services and improve their assessment. The research was conducted using a qualitative approach, drawing on interviews with industry experts and a review of relevant literature. The findings of this study provide valuable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers seeking to enhance the effectiveness of housing stock management companies and improve the quality of housing services. The implications of the study suggest that future research should explore additional strategies for addressing the challenges faced by these companies, and for promoting sustainable development of the housing sector.Highlights: The article focuses on the challenges faced by housing stock management companies in developing organizational and economic mechanisms. The study explores the status of services provided by these companies and opportunities to improve them. The research provides valuable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers seeking to enhance the effectiveness of housing stock management companies and improve the quality of housing services. Keywords: Housing stock management, organizational mechanisms, economic mechanisms, service improvement, market relations.

Municipal Housing Stock Management in Poland from a Public Management Perspective

ABSTRACT This paper identifies the management of municipal housing stock as an area of public management in an urban municipality, taking into account the legal, institutional and market conditions in Poland. In order to achieve this aim, the author examined relevant literature and pertinent legislation and employed an analysis of source (organizational) documentation on the management of municipal housing stock in provincial capital cities. The paper begins by discussing the essence, distinctive characteristics and concepts of public management as a sub-discipline of management sciences. Subsequently, it outlines the specificity of public management in a municipality as a local government unit. Against this background, the author goes on to identify the management of municipal housing stock from the standpoint of public management in an urban municipality by formulating its definition in a broad and narrow sense, followed by a synthetic characterization of this management in a functional and institutional approach, considering its basic organizational models. The research demonstrated that the management of municipal housing stock is subject to progressive marketization and tends to be shaped by such public management mechanisms as hierarchy, market and network. These mechanisms cause this management to operate in practice in a hybrid system.

Use of modern management mechanisms in digitalization of housing construction study status

Underlying all the reforms implemented in our country is the noble goal of ensuring human interests. In this regard, the fundamental changes implemented in life are aimed at increasing the welfare of our people. In particular, issues such as improving the quality of housing and communal services, improving the housing stock management system are being solved step by step. Since there is no single system in this regard, all countries carry out this activity in their own way or based on the experiences of advanced countries. Today there are 32,000 contracting organizations in Uzbekistan. By September 1, 2020, the task was set to launch a single platform covering information such as financial indicators of construction enterprises, solvency, state procurement, and employee qualifications. This platform will be introduced in Tashkent until November 1, and throughout the republic from the beginning of next year. The electronic labor record system will also be integrated into it. This article describes housing, housing construction, digitization, modern management system, use of management mechanisms, application of IT technologies in housing management mechanisms, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and forecast values of essential indicators related to housing stock management.

Organizational model of municipal housing stock management in the contracting system–A case study of Poland

Social housing management across Europe is evolving towards a more market-oriented approach in response to the progressing decentralization of public services and privatization of public housing. In Poland, these trends are particularly related to changes in the organization of municipal housing stock management. One recommended option for such changes has become the evolution from an indirect system based on municipal units into a contracting system based on private entities.This paper presents the organizational model of municipal housing stock management in Poland in the contracting system. The model was designed as an organizational management standard for a typical urban municipality. The model was developed by integrating theoretical solutions and the results of empirical research conducted in Polish cities in view of the key organizational principles. The methodology for developing the model was based on the diagnostic-functional approach to designing organizational systems with the use of the Hijmans competence tables technique. This model strives to enhance the quality and efficiency of municipal housing management services by improving their organization in line with the New Public Management concept. The proposed model could be of interest to other countries where the management of social housing is subjected to restructuring and privatization pressure.

КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНІ ЗАСАДИ ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙНО-ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО МЕХАНІЗМУ РОЗВИТКУ ЖИТЛОВОГО ФОНДУ УКРАЇНИ

The article summarizes the latest challenges to the management of the country's housing stock in the context of global challenges provoked by the military aggression of the Russian Federation. For this purpose, the content of the category "organizational and economic mechanism" was investigated, part of the existing scientific approaches to the consideration of its essence were singled out. Also, on the basis of the analysis of individual approaches to its interpretation, the author's interpretation of the category "organizational and economic mechanism of housing stock development" was proposed, which made it possible to single out its specific features and role in the life support of society, preservation of the country's national security.A critical analysis of approaches to the interpretation of the category "organizational and eco-nomic mechanism" made it possible to propose an author's approach to the interpretation of the cate-gory organizational and economic mechanism of the development of the housing stock as a multifaceted economic category, the action of which is aimed at ensuring a continuous process of effective interaction of all its participants with the aim of maximally providing for their own needs and interests through the creation, restoration, renovation and management of existing housing infrastructure.In order to improve the existing organizational and economic mechanism for the development of the housing stock, an author's system of its fundamental principles was proposed, which was laid as the basis of the latestarchitecture of its construction. An author's approach to the construction of an algo-rithm for the implementation of the organizational and economic mechanism for the development of the housing stock aimed at ensuring the systematicity and continuity of its operation is proposed

Уй-жой фондини бошқариш ҳолатини социологик сўровнома асосида ўрганиш

This article was prepared as part of a social survey on the management of the housing stock, which was conducted among residents of multi-storey buildings located in the city of Tashkent. As a result of the analysis of the practical aspects of the introduction of modern quality management in the management of the housing stock and the regulation of the activities of homeowners, scientific proposals and recommendations for improving the housing stock management system have been developed.

Supporting tenant relocation in social housing management: development of the dedicated geoinformation system in Poland

The existing mismatches between dwellings and their tenants lower the use and management efficiency of social housing stock. To address this problem, rational and well-coordinated tenant relocation within this stock needs to be stimulated, which can be significantly improved by introduction of new geoinformation technologies to support decisions in this area. This paper presents a proposal of a dedicated geoinformation system supporting tenant relocation in municipal (social) housing stock management in Poland. The concept is combined with the organizational structure of a typical urban municipality and associated with the integrated spatial database. The proposals are described in terms of business modeling and the categories of Unified Modeling Language. Implementation and empirical verification of the system was conducted employing ArcGIS platform environment. The functionalities of the dedicated system allow assessing the actual mismatches, creating reports and scenarios for tenant relocation as well as their analysis and visualization. On this basis it is possible to identify the objects with highest need for tenant relocation and make appropriate recommendations for housing policy. The proposed solutions may be of interest to other countries where the problem of mismatches in social housing has arisen and managers are obliged to solve it.

Managing the displacement of population from the failing housing stock in the area's socio-economic development strategic planning system: The municipal dimension

Subject. This article examines trends in the management of unfit housing facilities within the framework of the implementation of national and federal projects. Objectives. The article aims to define the specifics of the process of managing the resettlement of citizens from unfit housing facilities and improve the implementation of municipal programmes in the field of housing policy. Methods. For the study, we used a systems analysis, and the techniques used in professional practices of control and accounts bodies. Results. The article describes the peculiarities of the management of unfit housing stock and the problems of the participants of relocation in Volgograd. The article also proposes a system of measures to improve resettlement management and substantiates the benefits of the project-based approach. Conclusions. Historical features of housing construction, natural and climatic factors, management culture influence the choice of the way to solve the problem of unfit housing stock settlement. This requires a differentiated approach to resettlement management. The introduction of innovative capital construction technologies as well as smart city systems can contribute to solving the strategic task of minimizing unfit housing stock in the mid-term.

Problems arising in the organization of financial management of housing stock management companies and their science-based solutions

Problems arising in the organization of financial management of housing stock management companies and their science-based solutions

Financial flow models in municipal housing stock management in Poland

The privatization of public housing in Poland has contributed to the rise of a hybrid municipal housing management system where financial operations are carried out in both public and private finance sectors. The paper identifies and analyzes the existing model of financial flows in municipal housing stock management in Poland and proposes a modification to improve the quality and efficiency of these services. The existing model was developed using a multi-stage top-down research methodology combining various descriptive, explanatory and analytical methods. The model presents the standardized structure and mechanisms of financial flows in municipal housing stock management in a synthetic, consistent and universal approach. It provides a platform for detailed research aiming to improve the analyzed management processes, and it can be deployed to perform analytical, diagnostic and normative functions as a tool for promoting good management practices. The existing model was modified based on the results of an empirical analysis. The modified model proposes a general framework for the financial transformation of municipal housing management systems in Poland in line with the New Public Management concept. The identified models could be of interest to other countries where social housing management leans towards the narrower property-based approach.

Quantification of material stocks in existing buildings using secondary data—A case study for timber in a London Borough

The existing building stock represents a huge accumulation of physical resources: a material ‘reserve’ that could be mined in the future to improve resource efficiency. However, in the absence of systematically collected information about materials deposited in the built environment, the ability to manage and exploit them is limited. An approach to quantification of material stocks based on the use of secondary data from external research bodies, national statistics and a housing stock management database is used to estimate the timber stock in residential buildings constructed in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets before 1992. Results show a total timber accumulation of almost 67,000 tonnes across 68,000 dwellings, with a material intensity for timber between 20−34 kg/m2 of building floorspace (6.8–11.2 kg/m3 of gross building volume) for terraced houses and 5.4−11 kg/m2 (1.8–3.6 kg/m3) for flats and maisonettes. Generally, there is more timber in floors and roofs, and in older buildings. This method appears to be robust, as it results in comparable timber intensities to those determined using other methods in previous studies. It can be used for other materials and may be useful in other contexts where data is available (i.e., other scales, building types and materials), and capable of contributing to the growing understand of existing buildings as material banks.

Dwellings for Vulnerable Households-Policy and Practice in the Largest Cities of Poland

Abstract In Poland municipalities do not fulfil their statutory obligations of providing dwellings for vulnerable households and often limit their activity to merely providing housing for persons to whom the court has granted the right to dwelling in eviction proceedings. However, even for these people there are not enough dwellings. This very difficult situation of Polish municipalities in terms of the provision of direct housing assistance results from history-related problems with the quality of the existing housing stock, a lack of reform of municipal lease rules and insufficient financial resources. The author focused on a comparison of the municipal housing stock management in the largest cities in the context of changes that took place in years 2009-2016. The results of the research proved there were important differences among cities in terms of the activity of applying the available instruments. Despite acting in the same institutional framework, some municipalities were able to improve the housing situation of citizens most in need of assistance, step by step. The survey covered the voivodeship capital cities of Poland. Critical analysis of literature and documents as well as an analysis of statistical data were used.

Tree-related risk to structures

Tree-caused subsidence is a major problem in Britain and has been for many years, with the cost to insurers running into hundreds of millions of pounds per year. Subsidence damage ranges from minor cracking to significant structural damage, meaning that trees are often viewed negatively for this reason, despite the benefits they provide. It is estimated that there are 150m urban trees in Britain, a significant proportion of which have statutory protection. This paper presents a factual account of the various components of subsidence, including a basic explanation of how trees function and how they use water in the context of clay soils, climate, building damage, the housing stock and tree management options. Recent case law in this area is placed in the context of the legal framework surrounding subsidence.

Outsourcing in the housing sector

The purpose of the study is to justify the use of such a mechanism to improve the efficiency of enterprises as outsourcing, taking into account the specifics of the housing and communal services industry. The relevance is dictated by the fact that some activities are too burdensome and expensive for companies, so managers decide to use the services of contractors. Outsourcing has become an integral part of modern housing and communal services. The authors summarized the foreign experience of reforming housing and communal services and formed proposals for the implementation of outsourcing. Foreign experience of reforming of housing and communal services and the principles of management of housing stock of such countries as Germany, Poland, Great Britain, and France is analyzed. According to the carried-out analysis, some recommendations concerning the increase in the role of bodies of self-organization of the population in management of this sphere and ensuring improvement of quality of granting housing and communal services to the population are offered in the article. Advantages of the use of outsourcing in the activity of utility companies are revealed. The results of the study may be of interest to management companies in the field of housing and communal services.

ЕКОНОМІКО-ПРАВОВІ АСПЕКТИ ІННОВАЦІЙНОГО РОЗВИТКУ ЖИТЛОВОГО ФОНДУ УКРАЇНИ

У статті розглянуто економіко-правові аспекти інноваційного розвитку житлового фонду України в умовах євроінтеграційного розвитку економіки України. Сучасний процес реформування житлового фонду України пов'язаний із створенням об’єднань співвласників багатоквартирних будинків (ОСББ), які є неприбутковими організаціями і діють у рамка, визначених законодавством України. На теперішній час конкретний перелік суб’єктів управління житловим фондом є відсутнім. За проведеним аналізом нормативно-законодавчих актів, що регулюють відносини у сфері житлового господарства, можна виділити наступні суб’єкти господарювання: власник житлового будинку або житлового комплексу, співвласник багатоквартирного будинку, об'єднання співвласників багатоквартирного будинку, житлово-комунальні підприємства, управитель, виконавець комунальної послуги, споживач, виконавець. Серед учасників відносин у сфері надання послуг з управління житлом особливо слід виокремити таких суб’єктів, як споживач, виробник та виконавець житлово–комунальних послуг. Співвласники багатоквартирного будинку можуть здійснювати управління житловим фондом самостійно або безпосередньо ухвалюючи певні рішення на зборах. Процес управління житловим фондом характеризується наявністю ієрархії рівнів управління та багатофункціональністю. Узагальнено у хронологічній послідовності зміни у законодавчих та нормативних актах України щодо управління об’єктами житлового фонду, котре дозволило виявити, що на ефективність управління об’єктами житлового фонду впливає недосконалість нормативно-правової бази України. Сучасне економічне державне регулювання житлово-комунальної сфери здійснюється за рахунок податкової, інвестиційної, бюджетної, цінової політики та цінового регулювання. Процес управління житловим фондом, зокрема ОСББ, потребує аналізу методів управління, що застосовуються в теперішній час, та напрацювання досвіду із застосування інноваційних методів, які забезпечать достатній рівень управлінської безпеки. Виділено фактори забезпечення управлінської безпеки житлової сфери. Вбачається потреба у збільшенні обсягів приватно-державного співфінансування програм реконструкції, реставрації, проведення капітальних ремонтів, технічного переоснащення спільного майна у багатоквартирних будинках та реалізації енергоефективних заходів у житлових будинках міст та сіл України.

The use of GIS tools for sustainable management of municipal housing stock in Poland

The management of social housing stock by balancing the housing needs of local communities plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of urban municipalities. In the present study, the management of municipal housing stock (MHS) was evaluated for compliance with sustainability principles using GIS tools. Special attention was given to the spatial, technical, tenure-related and organisational aspects of sustainable MHS management. The importance of spatial data and spatial analyses for assessments of MHS management was demonstrated. The research was based on a case study analysing MHS management in the Olsztyn municipality.

Organization of the city's market of housing and communal services and practice its regulation abroad

The article examines foreign experience in the development of the market of services in city's housing and communal sphere from the perspective of its using in Ukraine. The role and place of the market of services in city's housing and communal sphere are characterized. The approaches to the organization of the market of housing and communal services used in developed countries are analyzed. These approaches are based on the use of various forms of management of communal infrastructure, which allows sharing the responsibilities and risks between the state and private business. It was determined that when managing such objects of city's life support as housing stock and communal enterprises, the foreign experience is especially of great importance. The attention is focused on the experience in the development of homeowners' institutions; public-private partnership; advanced training of persons employed in the housing and communal sphere; competition in the markets of housing and communal services. The grounds are given in favor of using in Ukraine the practice of regulation of the market of housing and communal services of EU countries. The regulation allows to ensure the effective interaction of customers and service providers, promotes the development of the market of managing companies in the housing infrastructure and the use of public administration mechanisms. The tools of innovative development of the market of housing and communal services, used in Germany and Sweden, are described. They are aimed at taking into account the economic interests of service consumers (quality of services) and service producers (production and economic requirements for securing the profitability of communal enterprises), as well as organizing effective interaction between local authorities and the population on the management of housing stock and adjacent territories. The above aspects of the development of the market of housing and communal services abroad are brought into a system and reflected in the corresponding table. The table also shows whether it is possible to adapt the foreign experience to the Ukrainian conditions in which the market of services in the housing and communal sphere is operating, taking into account the growth of the quality of life of the population .Further research should be addressed the problems of de-monopolization of separate segments of city's market of housing and communal services.

PROBLEM QUESTIONS IN THE METHODOLOGICAL PROVISION OF THE LOCAL MARKETS OF HOUSING AND COMMUNAL HOUSEHOLDS IN UKRAINE

Topicality. The urgency of the problem of stimulating the development of local markets of housing and communal services today is growing due to the need for additional resources involved in the socio-economic development of Ukraine, as well as through the progress of housing and communal reform, which creates new opportunities for the development of housing conditions of Ukrainian citizens. Aim and tasks.The purpose of the article is to analyze problematic issues in the methodological maintenance of the functioning of local markets of housing and communal services, to develop theoretical, methodological provisions and practical and applied proposals, which should justify the tools for improving the regulatory framework for housing and communal services markets in Ukraine. Research results.After analyzing the latest laws in the sphere of housing and communal services, we can conclude that, despite the issuance of laws, the legal way of their implementation is still absent. It is also worth noting that, in our view, the transfer of all communal ownership buildings to the ownership of the inhabitants will not give the desired result. Lack of qualified management companies can lead to even more depreciation of the housing stock, which now is in a large proportion already in a worn condition. Lack of legal regulation of housing stock management by private management companies may lead to non-compliance with state norms in the field of repair and operation of engineering networks of residential buildings. It can lead to accidents, the consequences of which can be not only unpleasant for the inhabitants, but also life threatening. For example, untimely inspection of the smoke and ventilation ducts of the building often leads to their litter and poor ventilation of the living space, which can lead to poisoning with carbon monoxide, an explosion of gas equipment, etc. Conclusions.The strategic directions of implementation of the conceptual idea of reforming the housing and communal services of Ukraine include the introduction of amendments to laws and regulations regulating the procedure for providing housing and communal services to the end user. The prospects for future research in the sphere of housing and communal services are related to the effective structure of the formation of the institutional environment.

PRINCIPLES OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-APARTMENT BUILDINGS

Urgency of the research. Ukraine is at the stage of transition to market relations in the area of housing stock management. Target setting. For today, the problem of efficient management of multi-apartment buildings remains unresolved. Although the first steps in the reform of this system have been launched, however, however the state has not implemented any active actions. This problem does not acquire a special development in Ukrainian scientists' scientific researches. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. Housing management has been researched in the scientific works of such scientists as Yu. B. Baklahov, K. O. Vytryshchuk, Ye. M. Heleveria, Z. V. Honcharova, N. I. Oliinyk, H. I. Onyshchuk, H. M. Semchuk, T. V. Serdiuk, S. Yu. Yurieva. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. The issues of professional management of multi-apartment buildings are not sufficiently studied. The research objective of the article is to formulate and substantiate the principles of professional management of multi-apartment buildings. The statement of basic materials. The analysis of the authors' approaches to the definition of general management principles and in the sphere of housing and communal services has made it possible to propose an improved systematization of their types in relation to the management of the objects of the housing stock. These principles should be taken into account by the housing owner (co-owners) in the transition to the form of multi-apartment building management that is professional management on the basis of the agreement of the housing cooperative with the manager, since it is the knowledge and taking into account the principles of management in practice are the most important conditions for its effectiveness. Conclusions. Introduction of apartment buildings professional management will give a significant impetus to the creation of a competitive environment in the market for providing housing management services, improving the quality of housing and communal services, increasing the safety and comfort for citizens living.