On amendments to Articles 161 and 163 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation
On January 16, 2020, the State Duma adopted and approved on January 22, 2020 by the Federation Council the Federal Law “On Amendments to Articles 161 and 163 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation”.
Federal law establishes that the management of an apartment building, in which all the premises are owned by the Russian Federation, a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or a municipality, is carried out on the basis of an agreement on the management of this house concluded with a management company selected by an open tender held by the local government in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation. This excludes the possibility of independent determination by these public entities of the management of such houses.
In addition, the Federal Law specifies that if there is a competition for the conclusion of an apartment building management contract in which the share of the Russian Federation, a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or a municipality in the right of common ownership of common property in an apartment building is more than 50 percent, or an apartment building , all the premises in which are owned by the Russian Federation, a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or a municipality, are declared invalid, it is allowed to be concluded an agreement for the management of an apartment building without an open tender.