Who sets rates for housing maintenance and repairs?

Basic Concepts

provides that the owner must himself maintain the property that belongs to him, unless otherwise provided by law or contract. At the same time, according to , the owners of premises in apartment buildings are also charged with the costs of maintaining the common property of this apartment building.

First of all, we will try to understand what the maintenance and repair of residential premises is in the housing and communal services receipt. This concept means services and works:

• for managing an apartment building;
• to maintain its proper condition;
• for current and major repairs of public places in apartment buildings.

The amount of payment for these services is determined taking into account the living space occupied by each owner.

Current home repairs should be understood as:

• painting facades, walls, ceilings;
• elimination of various breakdowns and malfunctions;
• preventive measures aimed at timely elimination of wear and tear on parts of the building.

The maintenance of common property in an apartment building includes:

• regular inspection of all premises and engineering systems, ensuring their safe condition;
• organization of lighting for common areas: platforms, elevators, basements, etc.;
• implementation of measures to maintain temperature conditions;
• cleaning of sites and territory;
• garbage removal;
• performing seasonal work: watering lawns, removing snow, mowing grass, etc.

Housing and communal services payments for the maintenance and current repairs of common property in an apartment building in 2021 are set for at least a year. In this case, proposals sent to the management organization are taken into account.

Find out in more detail how current repairs of an apartment building are carried out.

Rates

2017 - tariffs for the maintenance and repair of residential premises for Moscow residents

On this page you can find out about the cost of maintaining and repairing residential premises for Moscow residents, valid from June 1, 2017

PRICES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES FOR TENANTS OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES OF THE STATE HOUSING FUND PROVIDED FOR USE UNDER A SOCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES, A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR SPECIALIZED RESIDENTIAL PREMISES AND A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL PREMISES OF THE COMMERCIAL USE FUND (EXCEPT FOR EMPLOYERS ON THE CONCLUSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF THE MOSCOW GOVERNMENT OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 N 588-PP “ON THE PROCEDURE FOR PURCHASE AND LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES PROVIDED FROM THE HOUSING STOCK OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW UNDER SELECTED TYPES OF CONTRACTS” THE LEASE AGREEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES OF THE HOUSING STOCK FOR COMMERCIAL USE, PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED LEASE UNDER A CONTRACT FOR RENTING RESIDENTIAL PREMISES IN UNSUPPOSED HOUSES OF THE HOUSING STOCK CITY OF MOSCOW); FOR CITIZENS - USERS OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES OF THE STATE HOUSING STOCK PROVIDED FOR USE UNDER A FREE USE AGREEMENT; FOR CITIZENS - OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS LOCATED IN THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW, IF THE GENERAL MEETING OF OWNERS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN THE ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON ESTABLISHING THE SIZE OF THE FEE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES (EXCEPT FOR THE POPULATION LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES LOCATED IN MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND PROPERTY OF CITIZENS, IN THE TERRITORY OF TROITSKY AND NOVOMOSCOVSKY ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW) (PRICES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES)

Notes: 1. The indicated prices take into account the costs of providing services, performing work on managing an apartment building, maintaining and routine repairs of common property in an apartment building. 2. Prices for the maintenance of residential premises for residential buildings without one or more types of amenities or with wear and tear of 60 percent or more percent, as well as residential premises (apartments) recognized in accordance with the established procedure as unfit for habitation, do not include the cost of work on routine repairs of common property of an apartment building. 3. Payment for the maintenance of residential premises from tenants and owners of residential premises living in communal apartments is charged per 1 sq. m. m of total living space. Payment for the maintenance of residential premises from users of residential premises living in dormitories with room-by-room occupancy is charged per 1 sq. m of living space. When several citizens live in the same dormitory room, fees for the maintenance of residential premises are distributed among them in proportion to the number of beds. 4. Types of amenities: electricity supply, running water, sewerage, central heating, bath (shower), gas or electric stove, hot water supply (central or local - multipoint gas water heater). 5. The total area of ​​the residential premises (apartment) for calculating the fee for the maintenance of residential premises is the sum of the areas of all premises of the apartment, including the areas of built-in wardrobes, dark rooms (storage rooms). The area of ​​summer premises (loggias, verandas, balconies, terraces) is not included in the paid total area of ​​residential premises (apartments). 6. In buildings with an elevator installed from the second floor or between the first and second or second and third floors, fees for the maintenance of residential premises from tenants and owners of residential premises located on the second floor are charged at prices approved for the corresponding category of apartment building for the first floor. 7. Payment for the maintenance of residential premises to tenants and owners of residential premises located on two levels - the first and second floors - is charged at the price for the maintenance of residential premises located on the second and subsequent floors of an apartment building. 8. Information about the location of the apartment (floor) is accepted according to the description for the apartment building. 9. Payment for the maintenance of residential premises for the area occupied in excess of the established standards is charged at prices for the maintenance of residential premises approved for the area occupied in excess of the established standards for the corresponding category of building, but not higher than the actual costs of providing services for the management of an apartment building, performance of work on the maintenance and current repairs of common property in an apartment building (actual cost). 10. In apartment buildings, the owners of the premises in which, in accordance with the established procedure, have not decided to establish the amount of payment for the maintenance of residential premises (clause 1.2.3 of this resolution), payment for the maintenance of residential premises to citizens - owners of residential premises, if they have more than one residential premises premises or are not registered in it, as well as tenants of residential premises under a lease agreement for residential premises of the housing stock for commercial use (with the exception of tenants under a contract concluded in accordance with the Decree of the Moscow Government of September 21, 2021 N 588-PP “On the procedure for the purchase and rental of residential premises provided from the housing stock of the city of Moscow under certain types of agreements” (an agreement for the rental of residential premises of the housing stock for commercial use, previously provided as office residential premises or under a contract for the rental of residential premises in non-subsidized buildings of the housing stock of the city of Moscow) is charged at prices for the maintenance of residential premises for area occupied in excess of established standards, but not higher than the actual cost. Similarly, fees for the maintenance of residential premises are collected from citizens registered at the place of residence (temporary registration). 11. Payment for the maintenance of residential premises from citizens - owners of residential premises in the event that at a general meeting of owners of premises of an apartment building in the prescribed manner a decision was made to establish the amount of payment for the maintenance of residential premises, as well as from legal entities - owners of residential premises, is charged based on actual expenses for the provision of services for managing an apartment building, performing work on the maintenance and current repairs of common property in an apartment building (actual cost). In this case, the amount of payment for the maintenance of residential premises is calculated by the organization, regardless of its organizational and legal form and form of ownership, or by an individual entrepreneur engaged in the management of apartment buildings (hereinafter referred to as management organizations). 12. Prices for the maintenance of residential premises do not include the costs of repairing residential premises and internal engineering equipment. Tenants of residential premises, at their own expense, carry out maintenance and routine repairs of residential premises and intra-apartment engineering equipment. Owners of residential premises, at their own expense, carry out maintenance, current and major repairs of residential premises and intra-apartment engineering equipment. 13. Prices approved for low-rise buildings of the housing stock of the city of Moscow are used for payments for services (work) for the maintenance of residential premises in low-rise buildings provided to large families as part of the implementation of Moscow Government Decree dated April 1, 2008 N 248-PP “On priority measures to provide large families registered with housing with residential premises in the low-rise housing stock of the city of Moscow.” In low-rise buildings, fees for the maintenance of residential premises are charged based on the total area of ​​the residential premises, regardless of the number of storeys of the building, excluding the areas of basements, garages and other technical premises. 14. Prices for the maintenance of residential premises specified in columns 5 and 6 of this appendix are applied when formulating the terms of competitions for the selection of a management organization held by the executive authorities of the city of Moscow, in cases provided for by the Housing Code of the Russian Federation. 15. Social norms for the area of ​​residential premises for calculating and providing measures of social support to citizens for payment for residential premises (payment for the use of residential premises, payment for the maintenance of residential premises and payment for major repairs) and heating (in cases where, in accordance with regulatory standards legal acts, social support measures are provided within the social norm for the area of ​​residential premises) are: - for a citizen living alone - 33 square meters of the total area of ​​​​living premises; - for a family of two people - 42 square meters of total living space; - for a family of three or more people - 18 square meters of total living space for each family member. 16. Established standards for the area of ​​residential premises for calculating fees for the maintenance of residential premises when applying prices for the maintenance of residential premises regulated by the Moscow Government for tenants of residential premises of the state housing stock, users of residential premises of the state housing stock provided for use under a free use agreement, as well as owners residential premises having a single residential premises and registered in it, and living in apartment buildings, the owners of the premises in which, in accordance with the established procedure, have not decided on the amount of payment for the maintenance of residential premises (clause 1.2.3 of this resolution), are determined as the social norm for the area of ​​residential premises premises for a family of a certain composition plus 7 square meters for each citizen registered in this area (excluding citizens registered at the place of residence). 17. In the specified paragraph 16 of these notes, the payment for the maintenance of residential premises at the price for the area occupied in excess of the established norm for a family of a certain composition is not charged: - from pensioners living alone; — from disabled people living alone; - from orphans and children left without parental care, under the age of 18, for the area belonging to them by right of ownership; - from citizens who are tenants of residential premises of the state housing stock, occupying residential premises located on the ground floor; — from families consisting of pensioners and/or disabled people; - from families consisting of pensioners and/or disabled people and their dependent children under the age of 16 years; - from single citizens living in communal apartments; - from owners of residential premises who pay fees for the maintenance of residential premises at the actual cost; - from citizens living in dilapidated houses or apartments recognized in accordance with the established procedure as unsuitable for living; - from citizens who have the right to additional space provided to them for health reasons, within this area; - from large families living in low-rise buildings of the Moscow housing stock; - from owners of residential premises temporarily deregistered in accordance with the legal acts of the Russian Federation. 18. Paragraphs 16 and 17 of these notes do not apply to owners of residential premises who have more than one residential premises or are not registered in it, and these owners pay a fee for the maintenance of residential premises in the manner prescribed by paragraph 10 of these notes, as well as in the cases specified in paragraph 11 of these notes. 19. Prices for the maintenance of residential premises do not include commission fees charged by credit institutions and payment system operators for services for accepting this payment.

PRICES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES FOR TENANTS OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES OWNED BY THE CITY OF MOSCOW AND PROVIDED FOR USE UNDER A LEASE AGREEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES IN UNSUPPLIED HOUSES OF THE HOUSING STOCK OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW, AND ALSO BY CONCLUSION MU IN ACCORDANCE WITH DECREE OF THE MOSCOW GOVERNMENT OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 N 588-PP “ON THE PROCEDURE FOR PURCHASE AND LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES PROVIDED FROM THE HOUSING STOCK OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW UNDER SELECTED TYPES OF CONTRACTS” AGREEMENT FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES FOR COMMERCIAL USE HOUSING STOCK PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED UNDER A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL PREMISES RENTS IN UNSUPPLIED HOUSES OF THE MOSCOW HOUSING STOCK (PRICES FOR CONTENT RESIDENTIAL PREMISES IN UNSUPPLIED HOUSES)

Notes: 1. Types of amenities: electricity, water supply, sewerage, central heating, bath (shower), gas or electric stove, hot water supply (central or local - multipoint gas water heater). 2. The total area of ​​residential premises for calculating fees for the maintenance and repair of residential premises is the sum of the areas of all premises of the apartment, including the areas of built-in wardrobes, dark rooms (storage rooms). The area of ​​summer premises (loggias, balconies, terraces) is not included in the paid total area of ​​the apartment. 3. Prices for the maintenance and repair of residential premises in non-subsidized buildings do not include the costs of maintaining and repairing residential premises and intra-apartment engineering equipment. Tenants of residential premises in non-subsidized buildings, at their own expense, carry out maintenance and routine repairs of residential premises and internal engineering equipment. 4. Prices for the maintenance and repair of residential premises in non-subsidized buildings do not include commission fees charged by credit institutions and payment system operators for services for accepting this payment.

Decree of the Moscow Government of December 13, 2021 N 848-PP On approval of prices, rates and tariffs for housing and communal services for the population

2017 - tariffs for the maintenance and repair of residential premises for Moscow residents

Legislative regulation

The legislative framework for calculating rates for the maintenance and repair of apartment buildings includes:

• Contains rules for maintaining real estate, as well as changes in the amount of fees for this service;
• . Provides a methodology for calculating housing and communal services;
• Mentions recommendations for justification of tariffs.

In addition, there are many additional orders and regulations on communal services that regulate the determination of tariffs for maintaining the proper condition of the building and its repair.

What is included in the maintenance and repair of housing?

Many owners are faced with the fact that prices for housing maintenance and repairs are constantly increasing. People don’t even imagine that the management company violates their rights if it does not agree with them on tariffs and their increase. These requirements are reflected in the Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service NWO, issued on December 17, 2009 in the case number A66-5611/2009.

Owners and tenants of residential premises must pay not only for the resources consumed, but also for repairs and maintenance of common property. Payment is based on the tariff, and its size depends on the chosen method of managing the house, as well as on the characteristics of the housing, its architecture and standards established in the region.

Very often, residents of a building who regularly pay their bills have no idea what services they are paying for, what is included in the list of services, and whether they have received them in full.

We advise you to read:

• ✅ What is included in the concept of “Maintenance and repair of residential premises”?
• ✅ Increase in tariffs for housing maintenance and repairs in 2019
• ✅ Is it possible not to pay for major renovations of an apartment building?
• ✅ Who is responsible for repairing mailboxes in an apartment building?

Housing maintenance and current home repairs mean:

• Conducting an inspection and determining compliance with safety standards. This is what firefighters and rescuers do;
• Cleaning the area near a residential building, as well as premises. A janitor works on the street, and a cleaning lady washes the entrances;
• Lighting in the house. Often, the residents of the house themselves take care of high-quality lighting;
• Waste disposal is carried out by management company employees;
• Ground work near the house and landscaping;
• Roof restoration;
• Repair of ventilation and drainage, as well as garbage chutes;
• Restoration of doors and windows;
• Updating and installing steps and railings;
• Updating gates and fences;
• Monitoring the proper condition of children's playgrounds;
• Watering trees;
• Maintenance in case of accidents;
• Ensuring the required temperature and humidity level in a residential building.

It is advisable to specify in the contract a list of actions and payment amounts. The list may include additional services. The right of residents to control the progress of work is prescribed by law. Residents who pay regularly want to know where their money is going. Many utility employees do not perform the work specified in the contract.

Tariff setting procedure

The rate that apartment owners will have to pay is calculated by the management company. The owners of square meters themselves need to carefully study all the clauses of the contract in order to know what they are being charged for.

Find out in more detail how things stand with other housing and communal services, and who sets tariffs for utility services.

List and frequency of activities for the maintenance and repair of real estate

The cost of maintaining common property in an apartment building in 2021 is determined primarily by the list and frequency of work and services.

To form this list, technical and economic data about the building is needed. The more detailed they are, the more detailed the calculation you can get. However, if such information is not available, aggregated indicators are taken for calculation.

Collection and processing of technical and economic data

The costs of maintaining common property largely depend on the completeness of information about the apartment building. The list of required information is determined based on the standards of labor and material resources. For this purpose, technical accounting forms are created into which management company employees enter the necessary data.

Collecting additional information

The wage rate is established in accordance with the tariff agreement or collective agreement. Tariffs of management companies also depend on the costs of materials, fuel and various resources. Prices for them are taken in accordance with the price lists of selected suppliers, as well as regional price collections.

Features of tariff calculation

Tariffs are calculated in accordance with the accepted methodology according to costs that are determined by:

• standards of labor and material costs:
• technical and economic information about MKD;
• other data.

Calculations of the costs of maintaining and operating an apartment building include costs for:

• maintenance of entrances;
• residential renovation;
• current repairs of joint property;
• major repairs;
• maintenance of the local area.

In addition, the payment will also include wages for employees of the management company and funds that are allocated for the maintenance of equipment used to perform certain works.

The price of service is set by the organization at its discretion.

Coordination and approval of the rate

After collecting the necessary data, as well as calculating the information obtained, the results are reported to the regulatory body. In case of any comments at this stage, the tariff is adjusted by agreement of the parties.

As a result, the rate is confirmed:

• general meeting of owners or management bodies;
• regulatory legal act of authorized state authorities;
• by order of local government bodies.

Based on this tariff, payment for maintenance of the apartment is charged.

Increase in prices for housing and communal services in 2021

The increase in utility bills in the summer months is due to a decrease in inflation due to inexpensive vegetables, fruits and agricultural products and a smoother rise in prices. This is convenient for both resource providers and consumers.

In each region, the calculation of the amount is different, and the answer to the question of how much housing and communal services tariffs can be raised depends on inflation and taking into account the boundaries established at the federal level.

The amount of payment for the maintenance of the house and surrounding area, in accordance with Part 7 of Art. 156 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, is established by a decision adopted at a general meeting of residents. In this case, the level of tariff increase depends on the increase in prices for:

• repair of common property of an apartment building;
• cleaning and sanitary cleaning of the surrounding area;
• maintenance and repair of in-house engineering networks;
• cleaning the garbage chute and maintaining intercoms;
• operation of common house metering devices.

These and other works are specified in contracts that regulate whether the management company has the right to increase tariffs for the listed services unilaterally. If the residents of the house have carefully studied the contract and have not found the appropriate clause, it is necessary to hold a general meeting of owners (Articles 44-48 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation). At this meeting, in the presence of representatives of the management company, the question of the validity of the proposed tariff for maintaining the house should be raised.

In cases where the tariff is clearly too high, a decision is made by a majority vote to establish a new price.

Details are contained in the article “Increase in housing and communal services tariffs in 2021.”

Is it possible to challenge the tariffs of the management company?

As noted earlier, the tariff for the maintenance and servicing of common property is adopted at a meeting of premises owners in the manner established by the Housing Code of the Russian Federation. This means that consumers have a right to participate in negotiating prices and choosing the services for which they will be charged.

So, those who doubt whether the management company can unilaterally increase housing maintenance fees have no reason to worry.

If this does happen, you can convene a new general meeting and raise the issue of changing the management company and establishing other tariffs.

You must first write a statement addressed to the director of the management company with a demand to stop violating housing legislation.

In addition, in this case, residents have the right to contact the housing inspectorate. It will consider the new rules for calculating communal resources for the maintenance of public housing apartment buildings and take appropriate measures.

Find out more about where to complain about the management company.

The right to provide public services

In accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 06.05.11 No. 354, the right to supply utilities in order to ensure favorable and safe living conditions for residents of apartment buildings has an individual entrepreneur or organization, regardless of the form of ownership:

• management company (MC);
• resource supply organization (RSO);
• housing cooperative.

Tariffs of management companies, HOAs or RSOs are regulated by federal or regional authorities. Each figure in this case is economically justified, calculated taking into account the organization’s costs, regional characteristics, technological level of production and other parameters.

And yet, many consumers have a question about whether management companies can raise tariffs. We find the answer in Art. 156 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, which states that the cost of maintaining housing in an apartment building where a HOA or residential complex has not been created is determined at a general meeting of owners. Changes in calculations without prior approval by apartment owners are groundless.

Every owner or tenant of housing has the right to contact the management company, where you can find out the components of the tariff and the amount of costs for maintaining the house in accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated September 23, 2010 No. 731.

We recommend that you carefully read the agreement concluded with the management company. Perhaps it contains a clause on raising tariffs unilaterally in the event of an increase in the cost of home maintenance services. Although this provision is controversial, many companies take advantage of it.

Information about where to go to find out tariffs for utility services is published on Ibid., with the help of which it is easy to make an approximate calculation of the cost of services based on your location.

The form of organization of house management in the form of an HOA or residential complex is popular due to the fact that residents, through their representatives, take part in resolving issues related to the maintenance of the house and surrounding area, including in calculating the cost. Each apartment owner can control the expenditure of funds and initiate a more economical use of the services provided or the use of reduced tariffs by the HOA in 2021 through:

• use of energy saving technologies;
• installation of meters;
• other legal means.

In this case, resources are purchased under an agreement between resource supply organizations and the HOA. As a contractor, the partnership is obliged to remember that the provision of utility resources to residents must be carried out at established tariffs.

For more information about the procedure for registering an HOA, concluding agreements with RSOs and consumers, as well as payments for services, read the article “Homeowners’ Association.”

Management companies that have a license, staff of specialists and special equipment have the right to supply utilities. Based on Art. 162 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, an agreement is concluded with the management company on the management of apartment buildings, according to which it purchases utilities from resource supply organizations at the tariffs established in the region and carries out maintenance and repair work to maintain the house.

A mandatory condition that must be specified in the agreement is the procedure for changing the tariff by the management company, because the management company receives these powers only with the consent of the owners and tenants of the apartments.

After concluding an agreement, residents transfer money for communal services to the accounts of the management company, which in turn undertakes to transfer the funds to the RSO in a timely manner.

Applying a correction factor

The procedure for calculating and paying for the maintenance of the house and surrounding area is determined at the general meeting of owners. It must meet the requirements listed in the Order of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation dated November 28, 2017 No. 159/pr.

This document specifies how utility adjustment factors are applied to home improvements and maintenance. The basic cost standard includes costs for:

• maintenance of common property;
• maintenance of real estate;
• maintenance of particularly valuable movable property and its complete restoration if necessary;
• general economic needs of the management company;
• employee salaries, where tariff coefficients for housing and communal services wage grades are applicable.

Corrective coefficients to the basic cost standard consist of a territorial and sectoral indicator, approved for each service separately. Taking into account the listed expense items, residents can independently calculate the cost of services for their home.

Read more about the list of responsibilities of the management company in the article “Housing and communal services management company: rights and obligations.”

Agreements with RSO

In recent years, residents of high-rise buildings have been striving to enter into contracts directly with the North Ossetia Region regarding the supply of electricity, water, gas and heat supply, and garbage removal. Such organizations can accept payments from residents for services in cases where a management method has not been chosen for the building or the contract with the management company or HOA has expired.

The decision to pay for utilities to the RSO cash desk is made at a meeting of residents if the majority of owners vote in favor. Documents about this are transferred to the resource supply organization.

It is worth noting that direct payments to resource suppliers do not affect tariffs in any way.

Does the partnership have the right to collect contributions for the maintenance of houses?

HOA, guided by Art. 137 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, has the right to enter into contractual relations with apartment owners to carry out the functions of managing the house and carrying out activities aimed at decent maintenance and repair of common property and the surrounding area.

Citizens are obliged to pay for the services provided in accordance with contractual obligations, in the specified amount and within the agreed time frame. The board of the partnership, based on Art. 148 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, monitors the timeliness of payment for work done.

Payment for mandatory services required to maintain a home, fees and other expenses in the HOA is written in detail in a separate material.

How is the tariff determined?

The amount of payments is calculated taking into account the financial information provided by the HOA board to the general meeting of homeowners.

Such data includes:

• financial reports;
• estimates of income and expenses necessary for the maintenance of common property;
• information about the list and scope of work required to maintain housing in normal technical condition.

When analyzing services and setting tariffs, specialists take into account objective factors:

1. structural type of building;
2. technical characteristics of common areas;
3. how worn out the house and communications are;
4. climatic characteristics of the area.

Taking into account the qualitative assessment of common property, the costs of maintaining the HOA and current repairs of housing are calculated. The tariffs are set by the general meeting of tenant-owners.

Any citizen with an active life position has the right to take part in such a meeting and make proposals and adjustments for discussion.

Members of the HOA have the right to freely familiarize themselves with settlement documentation, tariffs, amounts of payments and contributions. The board of the partnership is obliged to cover financial issues in accessible places: bulletin boards, Internet resources.

What work is included in the price?

According to the law (Resolution No. 491 of August 13, 2006, paragraph 28), owners of common areas must spend their personal funds on their maintenance. The fee for this type of service includes the cost of performing several types of work.

Among them:

• inspection of the building, playgrounds, green areas for safety from various types of injuries, fire, stability of structures, trees in adverse weather conditions: strong wind, rain, snowfall;
• cleaning stairs, landings, local areas;
• supervision of the uninterrupted operation of utility networks;
• Carrying out, if necessary, sanitary and hygienic measures (fighting rats, bats) on the territory of common property;
• ensuring illumination of the local area, entrances, basements;
• maintaining the required temperature and air humidity in general purpose premises;
• sealing of residential electricity meters when replacing with a new device;
• painting yard equipment, borders, walls and other structures that have lost their proper appearance;
• landscaping;
• planting flowers, if such a service is provided for by the general meeting of the HOA;
• loading accumulated waste into containers.

In some regions, the removal of solid and liquid household waste is not included in the housing maintenance service of the HOA. It is taken into account as a separate expense item, which also provides for the disposal of solid waste and liquid waste.

The HOA enters into a service agreement with the relevant organization.