An in-depth analysis of the housing service management in Republic of Moldova

Abstract

After the mass privatization of the public rental housing fund, personal property in apartment buildings has become the predominant type of possession in urban areas. As a result, the issue of establishing a legislative framework for the functioning of owners' associations arose. Due to the lack of experience, insufficiency of organization skills and especially insufficiency of financial resources the organization and efficient operation of condominiums is a slow and difficult process. During last ten or fifteen years, the apartment buildings, in Chisinau and other Moldovan towns, are managed by one of the following associations: Housing Construction Cooperatives (HCC), Associations of Owners of Privatized Dwellings (AOPD), Condominium Coowners Associations (CCA) and Municipal Housing Service Companies (MHSC). Because of the clash between these forms of administration we have a damaged housing service, obsolete engineering networks, minimal infrastructural assets and traditional management methods.