IMPROVING STATISTICAL OBSERVATION OF ORGANIZATIONS OF THE HOUSING AND UTILITIES SECTOR DURING THE REFORM

Abstract

The article focuses on issues related to improvement of statistical monitoring of organizations of housing and municipal complex during the reform, which affected all types and forms of ownership of residential and non-residential units. In a market economy, organizations, rendering all kinds of housing and community services to customers, are responsible for the quality and quantity of those very same services. In a rapidly changing legislative framework economic entities face the task of ensuring constant needs of consumers for housing and communal services. As for the provision of information or reports on the consumption of housing services by owners of residential and non-residential units to territorial bodies of state statistics and budget institutions, for that is responsible a wide range of organizations from resource-saving organizations to homeowners' associations, management companies, and other organizations that have relevant information. In recent years the list of respondents expanded to include housing maintenance companies, and those responsible for management of municipal solid waste. In accordance with the changes in the procedure for conducting statistical observations, the composition of statistical indicators on the consumption of housing and communal services was revised to separately cover major maintenance costs of residential and non-residential units, costs for managing municipal solid wastes; the title of the repot form now contains new respondents. The article discusses experience of the Division of construction, investment and housing and utilities sector statistics in improving the form of statistical reporting № 22 - Utilities (summary).