General directions in the housing and utilities sector
State regulations of the economic relations of any branch of the national economy is carried out with the help of legal and administrative regulators; while economic regulators in an economic market should be basic. However, at occurrence of crisis phenomena, conflicts of interests and the expectations of subjects of industrial markets, the state's demand for economic development and justification of various policy options is increasing. Significant influence on the formation of state's economic policy has permanent changes in the country, which adjust the strategic goals of each sector of the national economy and set new tasks to achieve them. Under the state's sectoral economic policy should be understood a system of interrelated priorities, strategic objectives, decisions and measures of the state aimed at achieving specific goals and measurable results in a particular area of the national economy. A special place in this system is the regulatory framework. The main objectives of modern state policy in the housing sector in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 07/05/2012 No. 600 “On measures to provide citizens of the Russian Federation with affordable and comfortable housing and improving the quality of housing and communal services” are the increase in the quality of life of Russian citizens through raising the level of quality and reliability of housing and communal services (HCS), as well as the implementation of measures to ensure their availability. The priorities of the state policy in the sphere of housing and communal services (HCS) are: 1). The increase in the level of comfort in the living conditions of Russian citizens, incl. by creating conditions for people with limited mobility; 2). Development of new energy-efficient housing and utilities and modernization of already operated ones, as well as a focus on using the most efficient technologies used in upgrading housing and utilities facilities; 3). Development of intelligent systems «Smart City» in the field of housing and public utilities, as well as ensuring remote collection of data on the technical and economic state of facilities and the amount of resources consumed during the reporting period.