Development of investment activity in housing and communal services on the base of public-private partnership

The article deals with development problem of investment activity in housing and communal services on the basis of system cooperation between the state, business, and premises owners in apartment buildings. As well as domestic and foreign experience of public-private partnership in the sphere of housing and communal services is considered. The authors indicate the directions of the creation of favorable conditions for implementation of joint projects of the state and business in the housing and communal services. They include concessional lending and efficient tariff system, comprising elements of the RAB-tariff with the establishment of long-term rates, and the introduction of building savings banks. The mechanism of management of housing and communal infrastructure, which provides rapid accumulation of funds for capital repairs of apartment buildings using building savings banks, is developed. The calculation of the accumulation of funds for capital repairs according the current and proposed system of the financial support of repair work, and definition of the required period of accumulation funds for rebuilding of the housing stock are accomplished. The authors revealed a significant reduction of the period of accumulation of funds for capital repairs using the proposed system of financial support on the basis of building savings banks. The recommendations are aimed at stimulating of the investment activity in the expansion and modernization of communal infrastructure taking into account the functioning of Russian housing and communal services.