Aksenenko proposed to evaluate the licensing of management companies to protect residents from unscrupulous organizations

Brief retelling from RIA II

Alexander Aksenenko proposed assessing the effectiveness of licensing management companies by how much the system protects residents from unscrupulous organizations.

Aksenenko considers it necessary to make information on compliance with the licensing requirements of the Criminal Code as accessible as possible to residents, including through the GIS Housing and Communal Services.

The parliamentarian advocates more regular and clear reporting of management companies to homeowners.

MOSCOW, September 13 - RIA Novosti. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Services Alexander Aksenenko, in a conversation with RIA Novosti, proposed assessing the effectiveness of licensing management companies (MCs) not by the number of formally met requirements, but by the extent to which the system allows protecting residents from unscrupulous organizations.

“In my opinion, one of the problems today is that for an ordinary resident, licensing a management company remains a fairly closed system. The management company has a license - but what is behind it, what requirements it fulfills, what violations were identified and whether they were eliminated, the owner often has to find out separately,” Aksenenko said.

In his opinion, when assessing the current rules, it is worth considering making information about compliance with licensing requirements as accessible as possible to residents, including with the help of the Housing and Communal Services GIS.

“The owner should be able to open information on his management company and see a clear picture: which houses it serves, what violations were identified, whether the instructions were fulfilled, what work was carried out and what money was spent on. Then licensing becomes not only a tool of state control, but also a tool of control on the part of the residents themselves,” he noted.

The parliamentarian also recalled that management organizations are now posting a report on their work for the previous year in the Housing and Communal Services State Information System.

“A year is too long for housing and communal services. If owners find out about problems and spending of funds after the fact, when a whole year has already passed, it is much more difficult to correct the situation. Therefore, I think it is right to move towards more regular and understandable reporting,” he added.