Ministry of Housing and Utilities

General information

The Ministry of Housing and Utilities is a central government agency in charge of coordinating the implementation of the housing and utilities industry policy.

Main tasks

• to form and implement a state policy in the housing and utilities industry and coordinate efforts of other central government agencies, other state-run organizations accountable to the Government in this sphere;
• to implement measures to pursue a unified state policy on handling municipal waste;
• to implement a unified state policy on registering citizens in need of better housing and on providing citizens with residential premises from state reserves;
• to implement state oversight over the operation of housing and utility enterprises with regard to the management of the state housing reserves, usage and preservation of state-owned and privately-owned housing, including by means of organizing and carrying out refurbishment and heat modernization of state-owned and privately-owned housing;
• to ensure the development of competitive (market) conditions with regard to the use of housing resources;
• to pursue a unified scientific and technical policy on the development and operation of housing and utility industry facilities, funeral business services, the operation, maintenance, and repairs of streets in populated localities;
• to provide consumers with a complex of quality housing and utility services on time and in full.