State support and regulation of housing and communal services during the Covid-19 pandemic

The housing and communal services sector occupies an important place in the life support and safety of citizens. The level of housing and communal services should be comparable to the requirements of consumers regarding the quality of the utilities they receive, the degree of their environmental safety, as well as the economic validity of the tariff for these services. The priority direction of the state policy in the field of housing and communal services, in our opinion, is to increase the level of its energy efficiency and technical re-equipment. Attracting private investment in the housing and utilities sector contributes to the growth of its efficiency and the quality of public services provided. In the context of the pandemic, many enterprises transferred some of their employees to a remote mode of performing their work duties, this also affected housing and communal services enterprises. This requires, in our opinion, requires special support for employees of the utility industry who have switched to remote operation. The housing and communal services sector plays an important role in the process of ensuring the quality of life of citizens, contributes greatly to the formation of the economic potential of society and the attractiveness of the locality for investors. State support for the housing and communal services sector,in our opinion, should be focused on attracting private investors to this sector and creating favorable conditions for housing and communal services enterprises to carry out their economic activities.