In Odesa, the situation with a choice between private management companies and housing and communal services regarding payment for housing and communal services services has gained publicity. This month, many residents of Odessa began to receive bills from both parties at the same time, not understanding who exactly to pay for the management of houses and the provision of communal services.
This was preceded by the fact that at the beginning of 2024, after numerous complaints from Odesa residents, the city council conducted an inventory of documentation in the field of housing and communal services and discovered massive facts of forgery of documents and the illegal transfer of about 1200 buildings from the administration of housing and communal services "Porto-Frankivsk" and "Fontansky" to private ones management companies.
This information has been forwarded to law enforcement authorities, and the investigation is currently ongoing with open criminal proceedings.
Therefore, now the City Hall, addressing the residents of the mentioned buildings, emphasizes the need to pay the charges reflected in the HERZ receipts, which are used by the majority of Odesa residents.
The city authorities stress that they support competition between utility companies, but only if they comply with the law and treat consumers fairly.
Today, management services for these 1200 houses are provided by the respective KP "Zhks". Therefore, the City Hall emphasizes that Odesa residents must pay the charges reflected in the receipts of HERZ, and not in the receipts of private companies.
It should be noted that during the full-scale invasion and liquidation of its consequences, it was the city housing and communal services that were engaged in the restoration of damaged buildings, while private management companies simply did not have sufficient resources to perform such work.
This emphasizes the importance of choosing a reliable manager who will not leave the residents in trouble and will be responsible for the quality of the services provided, because, as all Odessans know well, in the end, you can complain to ZHEK and measures will be taken — and in the case of private companies, this is far from the case. fact.
