Expert opinion

On January 21, 2018, Irina Gentsler, Director of Urban Economy Department, IUE, spoke at a meeting held at the Federal Council. According to the expert, there is a need to shift from licensing of management organizations, which consists, in fact, in confirming the right to manage a certain apartment building, to confirming professional skills and competence of such organizations, in general.

The role of owners should also be strengthened. “It is suggested that the existence of a community of owners, who received their dwellings through privatization, purchase, and...

I wouldn’t call the reform in the sphere of the overhaul of residential buildings a liberal one. On the contrary, it’s nothing but a hierarchical administrative system built in the best traditions of the Soviet Union.

Authorities, at their own discretion, determine a program, schedule, type of the overhaul, amount of payment, and concentrate large sums in the hands of one operator. That means, though you own the property, we would dispose of it.

Source: On-line media “Gazeta.Ru”, December 4^th, 2014