Problems of Government Regulation of the Business Activity of Housing Management Companies

The presented article examines the mechanisms of public and municipal administration, interaction between public and municipal authorities, management companies engaged in business activities with social implications, and owners of residential and non-residential property in apartment buildings (mostly newly built).

Aim. The study aims to improve upon the existing mechanisms of interaction between public and municipal authorities, management companies, and owners of facilities in apartment buildings.

Tasks. 1) to determine the legal mechanisms, grounds, specific aspects, and nature of the business activity of management companies in the maintenance of apartment buildings; 2) to examine the basis for interaction between public and municipal authorities, management companies, and owners of facilities in apartment buildings; 3) to identify the major problems of government regulation of the housing sector in the field of interaction with management companies in the maintenance of apartment buildings; 4) to propose solutions to the identified problems in the maintenance of apartment buildings.

Methods. The methodological basis for the consideration of the problems in this article includes general scientific methods, systems, structural, functional, and institutional analysis.

Results. The study thoroughly examines the fundamentals of the government housing policy, public and municipal administration, and business activity of companies engaged in the maintenance of apartment buildings, their impact on the socio-economic well-being of the owners of facilities in apartment buildings, identifies problems associated with the considered questions, and formulates proposals on how to improve government regulation of the business activity of housing management companies.

Conclusions. Articles 25 and 40 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation determines that everyone shall have the right to a home. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of his or her home. The bodies of state authority and local self-government shall encourage housing construction and create conditions for exercising the right to a home. The current implementation of the housing policy is far from perfect. There are challenges both for management companies engaged in the business activities associated with the maintenance of apartment buildings and for the owners of facilities in these apartment buildings. The identified problems and proposed mechanisms of government regulation of the business activity of housing management companies serve to improve the existing housing policy.

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