Experience of the application of concessional agreements in the municipal sector

The article analyzes the practice of signing concession agreements in the sphere of housing and communal services in Russia on the example of one of the first such agreements signed in 2013 in the city of Perm. The author focuses on the positive aspects of such concession agreements, their differences from previous lease agreements. Identifies the shortcomings of the federal legislation governing the concession relations, and makes proposals for its improvement.