Abstract:
The article examines the influence of the housing and
communal services on the sustainability of the city. The work provides the
interpretation of the “urban sustainability” category, considers the main
indicators of ensuring the sustainability of the city. The components of the
urban sustainability, associated with the improvement and modernization
of housing and communal services for the degree of comfort of living of
the population, have been substantiated. The role of housing and
communal services in ensuring the sustainability of the city, the
sustainability of the urban environment is presented in the results of a
survey conducted as part of a sociological study. The issues of the quality
of the provided housing and communal services, the degree of satisfaction
of consumers with housing and communal services, the extent to which
residents can take part in making decisions to improve the quality of life
and the urban environment, issues of safe life in the city, the need to build
new social facilities to improve the urban environment, the degree of
implementation of investment design solutions, organization of
management of apartment buildings, etc. The study was carried out as part
of a scientific project.